Scyllaea fulva Quoy & Gaimard, 1824

Tibiriçá, Yara, Pola, Marta & Cervera, Juan Lucas, 2017, Astonishing diversity revealed: an annotated and illustrated inventory of Nudipleura (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Mozambique, Zootaxa 4359 (1), pp. 1-133 : 95

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scientific name	Scyllaea fulva Quoy & Gaimard, 1824
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Scyllaea fulva Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 View in CoL

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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.

References

Pola, M., Camacho-Garcia, Y. E. & Gosliner, T. M. (2012) Molecular data illuminate cryptic nudibranch species: The evolution of the Scyllaeidae (Nudibranchia: Dendronotina) with a revision of Notobryon. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 165, 311 - 336. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.2012.00816. x

Baba, K. (1949) Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay. Iwanami Shoten, Tokyo, 149 pp.

Cadet, C. (2012) Scyllaea fulva Quoy & Gaimard, 1824, South-west Indian Ocean Seaslug site, Reunion. Available from: http: / / seaslugs. free. fr / nudibranche / a _ scyllaea _ pelagica. htm (accessed 25 July 2017)

Linnaeus, C. (1758) Systema naturae per regna tria naturae, secundum classes, ordines, genera, species, cum characteribus, differentiis, synonymis, locis. Vol. 1. 10 th Edition. Laurentius Salvius, Stockholm, 824 pp.

Petrusek, A. (2002) Scyllaea pelagica from Brac Island, Adri-atic Sea. [Message in] sea slug forum. Sydney: Australian Museum. Available from: http: // www. seaslugforum. net / find / 8042 (accessed 3 May 2017)

Quoy, J. R. C. & Gaimard, J. P. (1824) Description des Mollusques. In: Voyage autour de monde, entrepris par ordre du roy, sous le ministere et conformement aux instructions de S. Exc. M. de Vicomte du Bouchage, secretaire d'etat au departement de la marine, execute sur les corvettes de S. M. l'Uranie et la Physicienne. Pillet aine, Paris, pp. 410 - 516. [Nudibranchia pp. 417 - 420, pls. 66, 87]

Yokes, M. B. (2002) Scyllaea pelagica from Turkey. [Message in] sea slug forum. Sydney: Australian Museum. Available from: http: // www. seaslugforum. net / find / 8007 (accessed 5 May 2017)

Figures

FIGURE 30. A, Bornella valdae (MB28-004695). B, Crosslandia sp. (MB28-004406). C, Notobryon wardi (MB28-004668). D, Scyllaea fulva (MB28-004755). E, Melibe engeli (MB28-004654). F, Melibe papillosa (MB28-004725). G, Melibe viridis (MB28-004517). H, Lomanotus sp. 1 (MB28-004708). I, Flabellina bicolor (MB28-004465). J, Flabellina bilas (ZMBN105571).K, Flabellina exoptata (MB28-004981). L, Flabellina rubrolineata (ZMBN105609).