Aplysioidea Lamarck, 1809

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Superfamily Aplysioidea Lamarck, 1809 Family Aplysiidae Lamarck, 1809

193. Aplysia argus Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830 * ( Fig. 9A ) Previous HK record: Tsi and Ma (1982) (as Aplysia dactylomela ), Lin (1990b) (as Aplysia dactylomela ), Jensen (1998) (as Aplysia dactylomela ).

Distribution: Indo-Pacific (from East Africa to Hawaii and Samoa) ( Jensen 1998).

194. Aplysia concava Bergh, 1905 * ( Fig. 9B )

Previous HK record: None.

Distribution: western Pacific ( Hong Kong, Australia) ( Burn 2006).

195. Aplysia japonica Sowerby, 1869 * ( Fig. 9C ) Previous HK record: None.

Distribution: western Pacific ( Hong Kong, Japan, South Korea) ( Golestani et al. 2019).

196. Aplysia kurodai Baba, 1937 * ( Fig. 9D )

Previous HK record: Tsi and Ma (1982), Lin (1990b), Jensen (1998).

Distribution: western Pacific ( Hong Kong, Taiwan, Japan, South Korea) ( Coleman 2008; Mehrotra et al. 2021).

197. Aplysia nigrocincta von Martens, 1880 * ( Fig. 9E ) Previous HK record: None.

Distribution: Indo-West Pacific (from East Africa to Hong Kong, the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea and Vanuatu) ( Mehrotra et al. 2021).

198. Aplysia oculifera Adams & Reeve, 1850 * ( Fig. 9F ) Previous HK record: None.

Distribution: Indo-West Pacific (from East Africa to Japan, South Korea and Australia) ( Coleman 2008).

199. Aplysia sp. * ( Fig. 9G )

Previous HK record: None.

200. Bursatella leachii Blainville, 1817 * ( Fig. 9H ) Previous HK record: Tsi and Ma (1982), Morton and Morton (1983), Lin (1990b), Jensen (1998).

Distribution: circum-tropical/temperate ( Coleman 2008).

201. Dolabrifera dolabrifera (Rang, 1828) * ( Fig. 9I ) Previous HK record: Lin (1990b).

Distribution: circum-tropical/temperate ( Coleman 2008).

Figures

Fig. 9. (A) Aplysia argus; (B) Aplysia concava; (C) Aplysia japonica; (D) Aplysia kurodai; (E) Aplysia nigrocincta; (F) Aplysia oculifera; (G) Aplysia sp.; (H) Bursatella leachii; (I) Dolabrifera dolabrifera; (J) Haloa japonica; (K) Chelidonura amoena; (L) Chelidonura hirundinina; (M) Niparaya regiscorona; (N) Niparaya sp.; (O) Philinopsis falciphallus; (P) Philinopsis speciosa; (Q) Tubulophilinopsis lineolata; (R) Tubulophilinopsis pilsbry. Photographs by Tim Lam (A–D, G, K, M, O, P), Sze Yiu Ng (E), Gomen See (F, H, I), AFCD (J), Bell Kwok (L), Alice Au (N), Grape Tang (Q) and Peggie Hon (R).