Phylliroe bucephala Lamarck, 1816

Grandez, Alessandra, Ampuero, Andre & Barahona, Sergio P., 2023, Peruvian nudibranchs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia): an updated literature review-based list of species, ZooKeys 1176, pp. 117-163 : 117

Phylliroe bucephala Lamarck, 1816

Habitat.

Pelagic.

Depth.

40-60 m ( Fernández-Alamo 1997).

Type material.

Not available.

Distribution.

Circumtropical ( van der Spoel et al. 1997).

Sampling/reporting sites.

In Peru, it was reported in Tumbes and Piura ( Quesquen 2017). It was also reported in the Canary Islands ( Hernández and Jiménez 1996), off the coasts of Florida and Bermuda ( Abbott 1974), in northeastern Atlantic waters near the African coast ( van der Spoel 1970), and in the western Atlantic Ocean ( Spencer et al. 2009). In the Mediterranean Sea there are reports from France and Syria ( Durgham et al. 2016; Durgham and Ikhtiyar 2020; Pruvot-Fol 1954). Recorded south of the Pacific Ocean in Australia and New Zealand ( Powell 1979; Spencer and Willan 1995). In the Indo-Pacific it has been reported from Vietnam ( Sachidhanandam et al. 2000).

Family Cuthonidae Odhner, 1934