Sea slugs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Rio Grande do Norte, Northeastern Brazil
Author
Delgado, Marlon
Author
Freire, Fúlvio Aurélio de Morais
Author
Meirelles, Carlos Augusto Oliveira de
Author
Padula, Vinicius
Author
Bahia, Juliana
Author
Brandão, Simone Nunes
text
Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia
2022
2022-11-01
62
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http://dx.doi.org/10.11606/1807-0205/2022.62.063
journal article
10.11606/1807-0205/2022.62.063
1807-0205
7617672
28.
Sclerodoris prea
(Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)
(
Fig.
3M
.
1
and
3M
.
2
)
Material examined:
Praia de
Baia
Formosa
,
Baia
Formosa
,
05.VII.2009
,
one specimen
,
12 mm
(body length), leg. M. Delgado (
MZSP
97037). Praia de Pitangui, Extremoz,
12.I.2019
,
two specimens
,
33-35 mm
(body length), leg. M. Delgado (
GEEFAA
1314).
Description:
Body flat and elliptical, light brown, with three longitudinal rows of large, dark brown spots,smaller, brown spots randomly distributed on the notum. Anteriorly, eyes covered by the notum, lamellate elongated light brown rhinophores. Gills translucent white with small, opaque, white spots. Medially, notum with small, rounded tubercles variable in size, with two sulci externally. Posteriorly, six retractile, foliated gills around the anus. Foot narrower than notum. Ventrally, body opaque white with small spots.
Geographic distribution:
Western Atlantic:
Bahamas
,
Barbados
,
Guadeloupe
,
Jamaica
,
Panama
,
USA
,
Venezuela
,
Brazil
(
Rio Grande do Norte
– present study) (Ev. Marcus & Er.
Marcus,1967b
;
Valdés
et al.,
2006
;
Gutiérrez
et al.,
2015
).
Remarks:
First record from the South Atlantic Ocean.