Favorinus tsuruganus Baba & Abe, 1964

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 : 113

Favorinus tsuruganus Baba & Abe, 1964

( Figure 35 B )

Material examined. Four specimens. MB28-004740, ZA 51, 26 Sep. 2013, 10m, 15mm; MB28-004857, POA, 11 May 2014, 40m, 4mm; MHN-YT1172 & MB28-0 0 4821, POA, 0 7 May 2014, 15m, 6mm and 7mm, respectively.

Habitats. Subtropical rocky reefs.

Occurrences. Ponta do Ouro and Zavora.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west Pacific. New Zealand (Gosliner et al. 2008), Japan ( Baba & Abe 1964), Australia ( Willan 1983), Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, Red Sea, Réunion Island (Gosliner et al. 2008) and Mozambique.

Remarks. Specimen MB28-004740 was found feeding on white nudibranch spawn, while MB28-004857 was feeding on the spawn of Hexabranchus sanguineus .

Figures

FIGURE 35. A, Favorinus mirabilis (MB28-004820). B, Favorinus tsuruganus (MB28-004740). C, Favorinus sp. (MB28- 005050).D–E, Godiva quadricolor (MB28-004589 and MB28-004917, respectively).F, Moridilla brockii (MB28-004500).G, Phidiana bourailli (MB28-004563). H, Phyllodesmium acanthorhinum (MB28-005083). I, Phyllodesmium crypticum (MB28- 004778). J, Phyllodesmium magnum (ZMBN105099). K, Phyllodesmium sp. (MB28-005011). L, Pleurolidia juliae (MB28- 004528).