Dendrodoris krusensternii ( Gray, 1850 )

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

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scientific name	Dendrodoris krusensternii ( Gray, 1850 )
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Dendrodoris krusensternii ( Gray, 1850) View in CoL

( Figure 22 J–L View FIGURE 22 , 23 A View FIGURE 23 )

Material examined. Four specimens. MHN-YT83, ZRP, 10 Dec. 2011, 2m, 35mm; MB28-004727, PCR, 15 Aug. 2013, 0.5m, 41mm; MB28-004728, PACG, 15 Aug. 2013, 0.5m, 36mm; MB28-0 0 4839, POB, 0 9 May 2014, 18m, 35mm.

Habitats. Subtropical tidal reefs and rocky reefs.

Occurrences. Ponta do Ouro, Zavora and Paindane.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west, central Pacific. Hawaii ( Gosliner 1987), Midway Atoll (Gosliner et al. 2008), Japan ( Baba 1949), Australia ( Angas 1864), Korea, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, New Zealand, Philippines, Indonesia, Singapore, Thailand, Réunion Island (Gosliner et al. 2008), South Africa ( Gosliner 1987) and Mozambique ( Macnae &Kalk 1958; King & Fraser 2014).

Remarks. Two distinguished morphotypes were found in Mozambique and require further investigation. One morphotype has a purple dorsum with elevated tubercles ( Fig. 22 J View FIGURE 22 ) and a purple foot ( Fig. 21K View FIGURE 21 ) whereas the second is brown with a white patch on the dorsum ( Fig. 22 L View FIGURE 22 ) and a brown ventral surface with a yellow margin ( Fig. 23 A View FIGURE 23 ). According to Valdés & Fahey (2006) it is not clear if D. krusensternii is a senior synonym of Dendrodoris denisoni ( Angas, 1864) .

References

Angas, G. F. (1864) Description d'especes nouvelles appartenant a plusieurs genres de Mollusques Nudibranches des environs de Port-Jackson (Nouvelle-Galles du Sud), accompagnee de dessins faits d'apres nature. Journal de Conchyliologie, Series 3, 12, 43 - 70, pls. 4 - 6.

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

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.

Gray, J. E. (1850) Figures of molluscous animals, selected from various authors, etched for the use of students. Vol. 4. Longman, Brown, Green and Longmans, London, 124 pp.

King, D. & Fraser, V. (2014) The Reef Guide. Fishes, corals, nudibranchs & other invertebrates. East & South Coasts of Southern Africa. Struik Nature, Cape Town, 360 pp.

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

Valdes, A. & Fahey, S. J. (2006) Dorid nudibranchs described by J. E. Gray in M. E. Gray, 1842 - 1857 (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia). Records of the Western Australian Museum Supplement, 69, 95 - 102. https: // doi. org / 10.18195 / issn. 0313 - 122 x. 69.2006.095 - 102

Figures

FIGURE 21. A–C, Phyllidiopsis gemmata (ZMBN117082), dorsal, ventral view and detail of the rhinophores. D–F, Phyllidiopsis krempfi (ZMBN117040) dorsal, ventral view and detail of the rhinophores. G–I, Phyllidiopsis krempfi (ZMBN105093) dorsal,ventral view anddetail of the rhinophores.J–L,Phyllidiopsis shireenae (ZMBN119709) dorsal,ventral view and detail of the rhinophores.

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).