Glossodoris sp. 2

(Figure 5 F)

Material examined. Fifteen specimens. MB28-004414 & MB28-004415, ZA51, 13 Jun. 2010, 12m, 13mm and 18mm, respectively; MHN-YT77, ZA51, 15 Nov. 2011, 12m, 22mm; MB28-00 4444, ZWH, 0 2 Feb. 2012, 17m, 33mm; ZMBN117019, ZWH, 0 5 Feb. 2012, 18m, 27mm; ZMBN117023, ZY, 13 May 2012, 36m, 32mm; MB28- 0 0 4615 & MB28-004616, ZA51, 23 Aug. 2012, 13m, 12mm and 11mm, respectively, collected by S. Brumme; MB28-004618, ZRP, 23 Aug. 2012, 1m, 14mm; UL-YT655, ZWH, 23 Nov. 2012, 16m, 28mm; MB28-004676, ZRP, 25 May 2013, 1m, 14mm; MB28-004794, BB, 23 Jan. 2014, 10m, 24mm; MB28-004 938, ZRP, 10 Oct. 2014, 0.5m, 20mm; MB28-004943, ZA51, 27 Oct. 2014, 13m, 16mm; ZMBN119696, ZJS, 28 Jan. 2015, 12m, 20mm.

Habitats. Subtropical tidal reefs and rocky reefs.

Occurrences. Ponta do Ouro and Zavora.

Geographic distribution. Western Indian Ocean. South Africa (Gosliner 1987) and Mozambique (King & Fraser 2014).

Remarks. This species differs externally from Matsuda & Gosliner (2017) Glossodoris sp. A and Glossodoris pallida by the absence of opaque white marks on the dorsum and is likely to be undescribed (Gosliner et al. 2008, 2015).