Nembrotha livingstonei Allan, 1933

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 : 72

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https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4359.1.1

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6026086

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scientific name

Nembrotha livingstonei Allan, 1933
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Nembrotha livingstonei Allan, 1933 View in CoL

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Material examined. Two specimens. MB28-004737, ZRP, 19 Sep. 2013, 1m, 50mm; MB28-0 0 5019, ZWH, 0 4 Aug. 2015, 17m, 17mm.

Habitats. Subtropical tidal reefs and rocky reefs.

Occurrences. Zavora.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west Pacific. Japan, Philippines ( Pola et al. 2008), Australia ( Willan & Coleman 1984), Indonesia (Gosliner et al. 2008), Mayotte ( Deuss 2011) and Mozambique.

Remarks. A specimen (MB28-005019) has been observed feeding on the ascidian Eudistoma sp. and collected together with the specimen here identified as Nembrotha cf. yonowae .

Deuss, M. (2011) Nembrotha livingstonei Allan, 1933, South-west Indian Ocean Seaslug site, Reunion. Available from: http: // seaslugs. free. fr / nudibranche / a _ nembrotha _ livingstonei. htm (accessed 25 July 2017)

Pola, M., Cervera, J. L. & Gosliner, T. M. (2008) Revision of the Indo-Pacific genus Nembrotha (Nudibranchia: Dorididae: Polyceridae), with a description of two new species. Scientia Marina, 72 (1), 145 - 183. https: // doi. org / 10.3989 / scimar. 2008.72 n 1145

Willan, R. C. & Coleman, N. (1984) Nudibranchs of Australasia. Sea Australia Productions Ltd., Sydney, 56 pp.

Gallery Image

FIGURE 24. A, Nembrotha kubaryana (MB28-005087). B, Nembrotha lineolata (MB28-004525). C, Nembrotha livingstonei (MB28-004737). D, Nembrotha milleri (MB28-005049). E, Nembrotha purpureolineata (MB28-004488). F, Nembrotha cf. yonowae (MB28-004707).G, Roboastra gracilis (MB28-004593).H, Roboastraluteolineata (MB28-004846).I, Tambjaaffinis (MB28-004750).J, Tambja amakusana (MB28-004497).K, Tambja morosa (MB28-004437). L, Tambja zulu (MB28-004748).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Nudibranchia

Family

Polyceridae

SubFamily

Nembrothinae

Genus

Nembrotha