Aldisa cf. pikokai Bertsch & S. Johnson, 1982

(Figure 13 G)

Material examined. Two specimens. MB28-004928, ZRP, 19 Aug. 2015, 0.5m, 7mm. MHN-YT1554, ZRP, 25 May 2016, 0.5m, 12mm.

Habitats. Subtropical tidal reefs.

Occurrences. Zavora.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west, central Pacific. Hawaii, Marshall Islands (Gosliner et al. 2008), British Indian Ocean Territory (Yonow et al. 2002) and Mozambique .

Remarks. The specimens examined match the external morphological description of A. pikokai (Bertsch & Johnson 1982) . Rudman (2005a) identified a species of Aldisa from South Africa as potentially A. pikokai, but mentioned that due to the geographic distance from the type locality (Hawaii) further anatomical studies and additional material from the Indo-Pacific were needed to be able to confirm such identification. Gosliner et al. (2008) refer to Rudman’s specimen as Aldisa sp. (p. 160, lower photo). This specimen has a cream-yellow depression, while the specimen found in Mozambique has a red depression as originally described for A. pikokai . However, we agree with Rudman (2005a) that due to the geographic distance, additional investigations are needed to confirm this identification.