Moridilla brockii Bergh, 1888

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 : 114

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6026438

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scientific name

Moridilla brockii Bergh, 1888
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Moridilla brockii Bergh, 1888 View in CoL

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Material examined. Five specimens. MB28-004500, ZRP, 21 Fev. 2012, 1m, 14mm. MHN-YT266, ZRP, 21 Feb. 2012, 2m, 31mm. MB28-004545, ZSC, 14 May 2012, 22m, 9mm. MB28-004559, ZRP, 0 4 Jun. 2012, 1m, 28mm. MB28-004925, ZRP, 19 Aug. 2014, 0.5m, 18mm.

Habitats. Subtropical tidal reefs and rocky reefs.

Occurrences. Zavora.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west Pacific. Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Malaysia (Gosliner et al. 2008), Australia (Nimbs & Smith 2016), India ( Ramakrishna et al. 2010), Maldives, Seychelles ( Yonow 1994), South Africa (Gosliner et al. 2008) and Mozambique.

Bergh, L. S. R. (1888) Malacologische Untersuchungen. In: Semper, C. (Ed.), Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen von Dr. Carl Gottfried Semper. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate, Berlin, pp. 755 - 814, pls. 77 - 81.

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

Ramakrishna, C. R., Sreeraj, C., Sivaperuman, C., Yogesh-Kumar, J. S., Raghuraman, R., Imannuel, T., Rajan, P. T., Raghunathan, R., Immanuel, T. & Rajan, P. T. (2010) Zoological Survey of India Guide to Opisthobranchs of Andaman and Nicobar Islands. Zoological Survey of India, Kolkata, 196 pp.

Yonow, N. (1994) Opisthobranchs from the Maldive Islands, including descriptions of seven new species (Mollusca: Gastropoda). Revue Francaise D'Aquariologie Herpetologie, 20, 97 - 130.

Gallery Image

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).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Nudibranchia

Family

Facelinidae

Genus

Moridilla