Thecacera cf. picta Baba, 1972

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Material examined. One specimen. MB28-004858, POJP, 11 May 2014, 17m, 5mm.

Habitats. Subtropical rocky reefs.

Occurrences. Ponta do Ouro and Pomene.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west Pacific. Japan, Philippines, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu, Australia (Gosliner et al. 2008), Maldives (Yonow 1994), Tanzania (Gosliner et al. 2008), Mozambique (Fraser 2007).

Remarks. This specimen is likely to be a heavily spotted form of Thecacera picta Baba, 1972 . Another similar species is Thecacera vittata Yonow, 1994 that is probably a synonym of T. picta (Rudman 2001) . Nevertheless an integrative review of the colour variations of T. picta still needs to be done.