Scyllaea fulva Quoy & Gaimard, 1824

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Material examined. Three specimens. MB28-004431, BL, 17 Nov. 2011, 4 m, 24mm; MB28-004755, PAQ, 0 3 Dec. 2013, 1 m, 13mm. MHN-YT959, PAN, 0 3 Dec. 2013, 1 m, 12mm.

Habitats. Seagrass in the subtropical region and on aquaculture fishing net in the tropical region.

Occurrences. Barra and Pemba.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west Pacific. Japan (Baba 1949), Papua New Guinea, Philippines (Pola et al. 2012), Réunion (Cadet 2012) and Mozambique.

Remarks. This species was previously synonymized as Schyllaea pelagica Linnaeus, 1758, however, recent molecular studies demonstrated that Indo-Pacific animals are genetically distinct from S. pelagica and therefore the name S. fulva was re-erected (Pola et al. 2012). There are records of S. fulva from the Mediterranean (Petrusek 2002; Yokes 2002), but, as mentioned by Pola et al. (2012), further studies are needed to confirm if the Mediterranean specimens are S. fulva or a different species.