Dendrodoris nigra ( Stimpson, 1855 )

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 : 68-69

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Dendrodoris nigra ( Stimpson, 1855)

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Material examined. Eleven specimens. MB28-004411, ZRP, 20 Apr. 2010, 1m, 20mm; MB28-00 4635, ZRP, 14 Oct. 2012, 0.5m, 32mmn; MB28-004694, 12 Jul. 2013, ZRP, 0.5m, 21mm; MHN-YT818, ZRP, 12 Jul. 2013, 0.5m, 20mm; MB28-004697, ZRP, 12 Jun. 2013, 0.5m, 15mm; MB28-0 0 4726, PACG, 15 Aug. 2013, 0.5m, 10mm; MB28-004773, VISP, 12 Nov. 2013, 5m, 6mm; MB28-004 775, VISP, 11 Dec. 2013, 4m, 20mm; MB28-004949, ZRP, 23 Dec. 2014, 0.5m, 12mm; UL-YT1554, PACG, 0 8 May 2015, 0.3m, 21mm; ZMBN10 5139, VIPP, 19 May 2015, 14mm, 15m.

Habitats. Subtropical tidal reefs, tropical coral reefs and seagrass.

Occurrences. Zavora, Paindane, Nuarro and Vamizi Island.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west, central Pacific. Hawaii ( Kay & Young 1969), Guam ( Carlson & Hoff 2003), Japan ( Stimpson 1855), Australia ( O’Donoghue 1924; Burn 2006), Thailand ( Mehrotra & Scott 2015), India ( Apte 2009), Gulf of Oman ( Fatemi &Attaran-Fariman 2015), Red Sea ( Debelius 1996), South Africa ( Gosliner 1987) and Mozambique ( Macnae & Kalk 1958).

Remarks. Preliminary molecular analysis (Deneb Ortigosa, pers. communication) suggests that this taxon is a complex of species. Three colour-morphotypes were found: (1) a black dorsum with white spots and bluish foot edge ( Fig. 22 B View FIGURE 22 ), (2) a black dorsum with yellow submarginal spots ( Fig. 22 C View FIGURE 22 ), (3) a reddish mantle and foot ( Fig. 22 D View FIGURE 22 ). All specimens exhibited white-tipped rhinophores.

References

Apte, D. (2009) Opisthobranch fauna of Lakshadweep Islands, India, with 52 new record to lakshadweep and 40 new records to India: Part 1. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 106, 162 - 175.

Burn, R. (2006) A checklist and bibliography of the Opisthobranchia (Mollusca: Gastropoda) of Victoria and the Bass Strait area, south-eastern Australia. Museum Victoria Science Reports, 10, 1 - 42.

Carlson, C. & Hoff, P. J. (2003) The opisthobranchs of the Mariana Islands. Micronesica, 35, 271 - 293.

Debelius, H. (1996) Nudibranchs and Sea Snails. Indo-Pacific Field Guide. From the Red Sea to South Africa. Across to the West Coast of the Americas. IKAN-Unterwasserarchiv, Frankfurt, 321 pp.

Fatemi, Y. & Attaran-Fariman, G. (2015) Checklist of the opisthobranchs (Heterobranchia: Gastropoda) along the Iranian Coasts of the Gulf of Oman. Journal of Biodiversity Environmental Science, 6, 1 - 7.

Gosliner, T. M. (1987) Nudibranchs of southern Africa: a guide to opisthobranch molluscs of southern Africa. Sea Challengers, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, 136 pp.

Kay, E. A. & Young, D. K. (1969) The Doridacea (Opisthobranchia; Mollusca) of the Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Science, 23, 172 - 231.

Macnae, W. & Kalk, M. (1958) A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg, 163 pp.

Mehrotra, R. & Scott, C. (2015) Species inventory of sea slugs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) for Koh Tao, Thailand, with 25 first records fo Thai waters. Marine Biodiversity, 46, 761 - 771. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 12526 - 015 - 0424 - 7

O'Donoghue, C. H. (1924) Report on Opisthobranchiata from the Abrolhos Islands, Western Australia, with description of a new parasitic copepod. Journal of the Linnean Society of London, 35 (237), 521 - 579, pls. 27 - 30. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1924. tb 00053. x

Stimpson, W. (1855) Descriptions of some of the new marine Invertebrata from the Chinese and Japanese seas. Proceedings of the Academy Natural of Sciences, Philadelphia, 7, 375 - 384.

Figures

FIGURE 22. A–B, Phyllidiopsis cf. xishaensis (ZMNB117067), dorsal and ventral view. C–D, Phyllidiopsis sp. (MB28- 004719). E, Reticulidia suzanneae (ZMBN119702). F, Dendrodoris carbunculosa (MB28-005034) juvenile. G, Dendrodoris carbunculosa (in situ). H, Dendrodoris coronata (ZMBN105084). I, Dendrodoris fumata (MB28-004511). J–K, Dendrodoris krusensternii (MB28-004728) dorsal andventral view.L, Dendrodoris krusensternii (MB28-004839).

FIGURE 23. A, Dendrodoris krusensternii (MB28-004839), ventro-lateral view. B–D, Dendrodoris nigra (MB28-004635, MHN-YT818 and MB28-004949, respectively). E–F, Dendrodoris tuberculosa (MB28-004692), dorsal and ventral view. G, Doriopsilla sp. 1 (MB28-004804). H, Doriopsilla sp. 2 (ZMBN105124). I–J, Thecacera pacifica (MB28-004909 and MB28- 004962, respectively). K, Thecaceracf. picta (MB28-004858).L, Nembrotha aurea (MB28-004863).