Roboastra, Bergh, 1877

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Roboastra View in CoL gracilis ( Bergh, 1877)

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Material examined. Eight specimens. MB28-004556, ZRP, 0 3 Jun. 2012, 2 m, 22mm; MB28-0 0 4557, ZRP, 0 3 Jun. 2012, 2 m, 18mm, collected by A. Roseblum; MB28-004593, ZJS, 23 Jun. 2012, 8 m, 12mm, collected by A. Roseblum; MB28-004762, VISP, 12 Aug. 2013, 2 m, 12mm; MB28-00 4763, VISP, 12 Aug. 2013, 2 m, 14mm; MB28-004764, VISP, 12 Aug. 2013, 2 m, 13mm; MHN-YT987, VISP, 12 Aug. 2013, 2 m, 5mm; MB28-004876, NHR, 29 May 2014, 6m, 19mm.

Habitats. Subtropical tidal reefs, rocky reefs and tropical coral reefs. Often found under rocks.

Occurrences. Zavora, Nuarro and Vamizi Island.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west, central Pacific. Hawaii, Marshall Islands, Palau ( Pola et al. 2005b), Guam ( Carlson & Hoff 2003), Japan ( Baba 1949), Solomon Islands, Thailand ( Debelius 1996), Papua New Guinea, Australia ( Pola et al. 2005b), Indonesia ( Debelius 1996; Yonow 2011), Philippines ( Pola et al. 2005b), Maldives ( Yonow 2012), Réunion Island, Tanzania ( Yonow 2012), South Africa ( Gosliner 1987) and Mozambique (Gosliner et al. 2008).

References

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

Bergh, L. S. R. (1877) Malacologische Untersuchungen. In: Semper, C. (Ed.), Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen von Dr. Carl Gottfried Semper. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate, Berlin, pp. 495 - 546, pls. 58 - 61.

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.

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.

Pola, M., Cervera, J. L. & Gosliner, T. M. (2005 b) Review of the systematics of the genus Roboastra Bergh, 1877 (Nudibranchia, Polyceridae, Nembrothinae) with the description of a new species from the Galapagos Islands. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 144, 167 - 189.

Yonow, N. (2011) Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon Part 15. The suborder Doridina (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia). Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden, 85, 805 - 956.

Yonow, N. (2012) Opisthobranchs from the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of two new species and ten new records (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys, 197, 1 - 129. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 197.1728

Figures

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).