Okenia luna Millen, Schroedl , Vargas & Indacochea, 1994

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

Okenia luna Millen, Schroedl, Vargas & Indacochea, 1994

Peruvian specimen photographs: Fig. 14

Habitat.

Benthic.

Depth.

4-20 m ( Schrödl 1996a).

Type material.

Holotype CASIZ 089293-Coliumo Bay (36°32'S, 73°57'W), north of Concepción, Chile.

Distribution.

From Ancon Bay (Lima, Peru) to Coliumo Bay (Chile).

Sampling/reporting sites.

In Peru, it was collected in Ancon Bay (Lima, 11°47'S) ( Millen et al. 1994). In Chile, it was collected in Iquique (22°13'S) ( Fischer 2006) and Coliumo Bay (36°32'S) ( Schrödl 2003).

Remarks.

First record of the genus Okenia reported in the Southeast Pacific ( Millen et al. 1994). It is distributed in Peruvian and Chilean waters.

Superfamily Phyllidioidea Rafinesque, 1814

Family Dendrodorididae O’Donoghue, 1924 (1864)

Figures

Figure 14. Okenia luna, courtesy of Yuri Hooker.