Nembrotha cf. yonowae Goethel & Debelius, 1992

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 : 74

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Nembrotha cf. yonowae Goethel & Debelius, 1992 View in CoL

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Material examined. Eleven specimens. MB28-004421, ZWH, 31 May 2010, 16m, 42mm; MB28-004422, ZWH, 0 7 Jun. 2010, ZWH, 18m, 25mm; MB28-0 0 4424, ZWH, 27 May 2010, 18m, 18mm; MB28-0 0 4547, ZRP, 20 May 2012, 2m, 38mm, collected by S. Bruck; MB28-004707, ZRP, 0 6 Aug. 2013, 0.5m, 16mm; MHN-YT1506, ZWH, 0 2 Apr. 2015, 15m, 21mm; MB28-004980, ZWH, 0 3 Apr. 2015, 17m, 16mm; MB28-005003, ZWH, 27 May 2015, 15m, 22mm, collected by M. Andskog; MB28-005004, ZWH, 27 May 2015, 15m, 28mm, collected by M. Andskog; MB28-005020, ZWH; 0 4 Aug. 2015, 17m, 28mm; MB28-005021, ZWH, 0 4 Aug. 2015, 17m, 42mm.

Habitats. Subtropical tidal reefs and rocky reefs.

Occurrences. Zavora.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west Pacific. Japan (Gosliner et al. 2008), Papua New Guinea, Philippines ( Pola et al. 2008), South Africa ( Gosliner 1987) and Mozambique.

Remarks. Often found feeding on the ascidian Eudistoma caeruleum (Sluiter, 1909) , this species is very similar to the description of N. yonowae , although it was only based on external morphology and no type material exists ( Goethel & Debelius 1992). Since species of the genus Nembrotha can be highly variable in colour, it is difficult to confirm this identification. Moreover, Pola et al. (2008) note that, so far, there are no clear differences between N. nigerrima , N. cristata and N. yonowae . Therefore additional studies are needed to clarify this potential complex.

References

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

Manson-Parker, C. (2015) Nudibranchs of Seychelles. Archipelago Images, 32 pp. Available from: http: // www. archipelagoimages. net / uploads / 8 / 3 / 9 / 6 / 8396403 / nudibranchs _ of _ seychelles. pdf (accessed 7 May 2017)

Goethel, H. & Debelius, H. (1992) Nacktschnecken der Malediven, mit der Beschreibung einer neuen Art (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia). Deutsche Aquarien-und Terrarien-Zeitschrift, 45, 512 - 519.

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.

Mayes, B (2012) Cerberilla sp., Nudipixel, Pergentian, Malasya. Available from: http: // www. nudipixel. net / photo / 00041707 / (accessed 26 July 2017)

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).