Dendrodoris tuberculosa ( Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 )

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 : 69

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scientific name	Dendrodoris tuberculosa ( Quoy & Gaimard, 1832 )
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Dendrodoris tuberculosa ( Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) View in CoL

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Material examined. One specimen. MB28-004692, ZRP, 12 Jun. 2013, 0.5m, 80mm.

Habitats. Subtropical tidal reef.

Occurrences. Zavora.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west, central Pacific. Hawaii ( Kay & Young 1969), Marshall Islands (Gosliner et al. 2008), Japan ( Baba 1949), Korea, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Solomon Islands, Philippines, Malaysia, Maldives (Gosliner et al. 2008), Thailand ( Mehrotra & Scott 2015), India ( Apte 2009), British Indian Ocean Territory ( Yonow et al. 2002), Réunion Island, Red Sea, Tanzania, South Africa (Gosliner et al. 2008) and Mozambique.

Remarks. Despite its size, this species is well camouflaged among rocks covered with brown algae. The large white spots under the mantle are diagnostic ( Yonow et al. 2002).

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.

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

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

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

Quoy, J. R. C. & Gaimard, J. P. (1832) Voyage de decouvertes de l'Astrolabe execute par ordre du Roi, pendant les annees 1826 - 1827 - 1828 - 1829, sous le commandement de M. J. Dumont d'Urville. Zoologie, Mollusca, 2, 1 - 686, pls. 1 - 26.

Yonow, N., Anderson, R. C. & Buttress, S. G. (2002) Opisthobranch molluscs from the British Indian Ocean Territory, Central Indian Ocean. Journal of Natural History, 36, 831 - 882. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222930110039161

Figures

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).