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14. 
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de Santa Rita, Extremoz, 
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15. 
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16. 
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14. 
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(body length), phot. reg. M. Delgado. 
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Elongated and rounded body, up to 
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Valdés 
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Cervera 
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<collectingCountry name="Dominican Republic" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Dominican Republic</collectingCountry>
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<collectingCountry box="[240,322,474,499]" name="Mexico" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Mexico</collectingCountry>
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<collectingCountry box="[454,595,474,499]" name="Puerto Rico" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Puerto Rico</collectingCountry>
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<collectingCountry box="[367,473,506,531]" name="Sint Martin" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">St. Martin</collectingCountry>
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, 
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, 
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, 
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(
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, Bahia, 
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, 
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, 
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, 
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, 
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, Santa Catarina) (
<bibRefCitation author="Macfarland, F. M." box="[211,415,634,659]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" refId="ref24010" refString="Macfarland, F. M. 1909. The Opisthobranchiate Mollusca of the Branner- Agassiz Expedition to Brazil. California, Stanford University. 104 p. (Leland Stanford Junior University Publications, University Series, 2) https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 23300." type="book" year="1909">MacFarland, 1909</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation author="Rios, E. C." box="[430,549,634,659]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" refId="ref26053" refString="Rios, E. C. 1994. Seashells of Brazil, Editora da Fundacao Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Brazil, 368 pp." type="book" year="1994">Rios, 1994</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation author="Bezerra, L. E. A." pageId="9" pageNumber="10" pagination="203 - 207" refId="ref21341" refString="Bezerra, L. E. A.; Silva, J. R. F.; Carvalho, A. F. U. &amp; Melo, V. M. M. 2006. Histological description of the ink gland of the tropical sea hare Aplysia dactylomela Rang, 1828. Acta Zoologica, 87 (3): 203 - 207. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1463 - 6395.2006.00234." type="journal article" year="2006">
Bezerra 
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2006
</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation author="Rios, E. C." box="[159,272,666,691]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" refId="ref26082" refString="Rios, E. C. 2009. Compendium of Brazilian Sea Shells. Rio Grande, Evangraf. 668 p." type="book" year="2009">Rios,2009</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation author="Ourives, T. M." box="[280,487,666,691]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" pagination="328 - 336" refId="ref25303" refString="Ourives, T. M.; Guerrazzi, M. C. &amp; Simone, L. R. 2011. Gastropods from Camamu Bay, state of Bahia, Brazil. Check List, 7 (3): 328 - 336. https: // doi. org / 10.15560 / 7.3.328." type="journal article" year="2011">
Ourives 
<emphasis box="[370,426,666,691]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">et al.,</emphasis>
2011
</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation author="Martinez, A. S." box="[495,715,666,691]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" pagination="287 - 298" refId="ref24446" refString="Martinez, A. S.; Mendes, L. F.; Leite, T. S. 2012. Spatial distribution of epibenthic molluscs on a sandstone reef in the Northeast of Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology, 72 (2): 287 - 298. https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / S 1519 - 69842012000200009." type="journal article" year="2012">
Martinez 
<emphasis box="[598,654,666,691]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">et al.,</emphasis>
2012
</bibRefCitation>
; 
<bibRefCitation author="Padula, V." box="[94,304,698,723]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" pagination="1 - 11" refId="ref25600" refString="Padula, V.; Bahia, J.; Correia, M. D. &amp; Sovierzoski, H. H. 2012. New records of opisthobranchs (Mollusca: Gastropoda) from Alagoas, Northeastern Brazil. Marine Biodiversity Records, 5: 1 - 11. https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 1755267212000346." type="journal article" year="2012">
Padula 
<emphasis box="[179,239,698,723]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">et al.,</emphasis>
2012
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; Ferreira-Jr. 
<emphasis box="[440,500,698,723]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">et al.,</emphasis>
2015; 
<bibRefCitation author="Galvao-Filho, H. &amp; Araujo, A. &amp; Silva, F. &amp; Azevedo, V. &amp; Meirelles, C. A. O. &amp; Matthews-Cascon, H." pageId="9" pageNumber="10" pagination="115" refId="ref22760" refString="Galvao-Filho, H.; Araujo, A.; Silva, F.; Azevedo, V.; Meirelles, C. A. O. &amp; Matthews-Cascon, H. 2015. Sea slugs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from a poorly known area in North-east Brazil. Filling gaps in Atlantic distributions. Marine Biodiversity Records, 8 (e 115). https: // doi. org / 10.1017 / S 1755267215000494." type="journal article" year="2015">
Galvão-Filho 
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2015
</bibRefCitation>
).
</paragraph>
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<paragraph blockId="9.[94,718,794,1235]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">
<emphasis bold="true" box="[94,205,794,819]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Remarks:</emphasis>
Until recently, 
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<emphasis box="[375,536,794,819]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">A. dactylomela</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
was considered a circumtropical species. 
<bibRefCitation author="Alexander, J. &amp; Valdes, A." box="[375,666,826,851]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" pagination="283 - 294" refId="ref20576" refString="Alexander, J. &amp; Valdes, A. 2013. The ring doesn't mean a thing: molecular data suggest a new taxonomy for two Pacific species of Sea Hares (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia, Aplysiidae). PacificScience, 67 (2): 283 - 294. https: // doi. org / 10.2984 / 67.2.10." type="journal article" year="2013">Alexander &amp; Valdés (2013)</bibRefCitation>
performed an integrative study and concluded that the Indo-Pacific specimens belong to 
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<emphasis box="[480,624,890,915]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Aplysia argus</emphasis>
Rüppell &amp; Leuckart, 1830
</taxonomicName>
. 
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<emphasis box="[294,510,922,947]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Aplysia dactylomela</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
thus occurs in the Atlantic Ocean and 
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Mediterranea Sea. 
<bibRefCitation author="Rios, E. C." box="[513,633,954,979]" pageId="9" pageNumber="10" refId="ref26053" refString="Rios, E. C. 1994. Seashells of Brazil, Editora da Fundacao Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Rio Grande, Brazil, 368 pp." type="book" year="1994">Rios (1994)</bibRefCitation>
</taxonomicName>
record- ed 
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<emphasis box="[129,288,986,1011]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">A. dactylomela</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
from the coast of 
<collectingRegion box="[489,718,986,1011]" country="Brazil" name="Rio Grande do Norte" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Rio Grande do Norte</collectingRegion>
as a result of the work of the german couple Ernst Marcus &amp; Eveline Marcus in the 1960s. Years later, 
<bibRefCitation author="Martinez, A. S." pageId="9" pageNumber="10" pagination="287 - 298" refId="ref24446" refString="Martinez, A. S.; Mendes, L. F.; Leite, T. S. 2012. Spatial distribution of epibenthic molluscs on a sandstone reef in the Northeast of Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Biology, 72 (2): 287 - 298. https: // doi. org / 10.1590 / S 1519 - 69842012000200009." type="journal article" year="2012">
Martinez 
<emphasis box="[94,151,1082,1107]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">et al.</emphasis>
(2012)
</bibRefCitation>
recorded the species in the Parrachos of Maracajaú, as a result of a research on the macrobenthic community. The present work confirms the occurrence of 
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<emphasis box="[122,281,1178,1203]" italics="true" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">A. dactylomela</emphasis>
</taxonomicName>
along the entire coast of 
<collectingRegion country="Brazil" name="Rio Grande do Norte" pageId="9" pageNumber="10">Rio Grande do Norte</collectingRegion>
.
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