Kynaria cynara (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)

Peruvian specimen photographs: Fig. 6

Habitat.

Benthic.

Depth.

5-8 m (Nakamura 2006).

Type material.

Holotype USNM 678417-La Choya Bay (31°20′30″N, 113°38′06″W), Puerto Peñasco, Sonora, Mexico.

Distribution.

Eastern Pacific, from Gulf of California (Mexico, 28°N) (Millen and Hermosillo 2007) to Isla Tortuga (Peru, 09°S) (Uribe et al. 2013).

Sampling/reporting sites.

In Peru, it was reported in Punta Sal (03°56'S), Cancas (03°56'S), Mancora (04°6'S), Chimbote (09°4'S), and Ancash (09°S) (Nakamura 2006; Uribe et al. 2013). It was recently reported in Isla La Viuda (09°20′57″S) and Isla Tortuga (09°21′48″S) in Ancash (Uribe et al. 2019). It was also reported in Mexico (Gulf of California) (Millen and Hermosillo 2007) and in other several points (occurrences) such as Mexico (Guerrero), Costa Rica (Tamarindo Bay, Parque Nacional Santa Rosa), Ecuador (Salinas) (iNaturalist 2023b).

Remarks.

The species was originally described as Coryphella cynara Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967 and reported along the Peruvian coast as Flabellina cynara (Nakamura 2006; Uribe et al. 2013, 2019). These designations are currently invalid and have been replaced by Kynaria cynara (Korshunova et al. 2017).