Paradoris mulciber

Alvim, Juliana & Pimenta, Alexandre Dias, 2013, Taxonomic review of the family Discodorididae (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) from Brazil, with descriptions of two new species, Zootaxa 3745 (2), pp. 152-198 : 166

Paradoris mulciber (Ev. Marcus, 1971)

Percunas mulciber Ev. Marcus, 1971: 945, figs 45–49.

Paradoris mulciber Ev. Marcus, 1976a: 18, figs 10–14; Espinosa & Ortea (2001); Collin et al. (2005: 692); Dayrat (2006:199, figs. 54–55); Valdés et al. (2006: 180); Camacho-García & Gosliner (2007: 106, figs. 1A, 2, 3, 4); García et al. (2008: 209).

Type material. Holotype: MZSP 41291, 0 6 September 1967, 21.0 mm preserved length, leg. Almirante Saldanha R/V.

Type locality. Juriaçu, Maranhao state, Brazil.

Geographical distribution. Costa Rica (Espinosa & Ortea, 2001; Camacho-García & Gosliner, 2007); Pananama, St. Marten/ St. Martin, St. Lucia (Valdés et al., 2006); Brazil: Maranhao state: Juriaçu (Ev. Marcus, 1971); Pernambuco state: Ponta de Pedra (Ev. Marcus, 1976a).

Remarks. Paradoris mulciber was originally described from Maranhão state in the northeast Brazilian coast, in 1971, and, shortly afterwards, a new record for this species was made from Pernambuco state, northeast Brazil (Ev. Marcus, 1976a). However, this species was not reported or collected again in the Brazilian coast, and it is not available in any museum collections in Brazil. The holotype, originally deposited in the MZSP, is on loan since 2003 (L. R. Simone, pers. com.) and we could not examine specimens of P. mulciber . New data and discussion about the holotype and the specimen reported in Ev. Marcus (1976a) can be found in Dayrat (2006). New records from Costa Rica and a re-description of the species were made by Camacho-Garcia and Gosliner (2007).