Phyllodesmium magnum Rudman, 1991

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 : 115

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Material examined. Three specimens. MB28-004643, ZD, 0 6 Dec. 2012, 30m; ZMBN105099, VIES3, 16 May 2015, 7m, 36mm, collected by Y. Tibiriçá & M. Malaquias; ZMBN105143, VIPP, 19 May 2015, 7– 10m, 22mm, collected by Y. Tibiriçá & M. Malaquias.

Habitats. Subtropical rocky reefs and tropical coral reefs.

Occurrences. Zavora and Vamizi Island.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west Pacific. Marshall Islands, Hong Kong, New Caledonia ( Rudman 1991), Guam, Papua New Guinea (Gosliner et al. 2008) Australia ( Rudman 1991), Philippines, Indonesia (Gosliner et al. 2008), Thailand ( Mehrotra & Scott 2015), Red Sea ( Koretz 2005), Tanzania (Gosliner et al. 2008), Madagascar ( Rassat 2015), South Africa ( Fraser 2001) and Mozambique.

References

Fraser, V. (2001) Phyllodesmium magnum from South Africa, [Message in] Sea Slug Forum, Australian Museum, Sydney, Available from: http: // www. seaslugforum. net / find / 4424 (acessed 1 May 2017)

Koretz, B. (2005) Phyllodesmium magnum pair from the Red Sea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from: http: // www. seaslugforum. net / find / 14655 (accessed 1 May 2017)

Mehrotra, R. & Scott, C. (2015) Species inventory of sea slugs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) for Koh Tao, Thailand, with 25 first records fo Thai waters. Marine Biodiversity, 46, 761 - 771. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 12526 - 015 - 0424 - 7

Rassat, A. (2015) Phyllodesmium magnum Rudman, 1991, South-west Indian Ocean Seaslug site, Madagascar. Available from: http: // seaslugs. free. fr / nudibranche / a _ phyllodesmium _ magnum. htm (accessed 30 July 2017)

Rudman, W. B. (1991) Further studies on the taxonomy and biology of the octocoral-feeding genus Phyllodesmium Ehrenberg, 1831 (nudibranchia: Aeolidoidea). Journal of Molluscan Studies, 57, 167 - 203. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / mollus / 57.2.167

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).