Sakuraeolis kirembosa Rudman, 1980

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 : 117

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6026455

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scientific name

Sakuraeolis kirembosa Rudman, 1980
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Sakuraeolis kirembosa Rudman, 1980 View in CoL

( Figure 36 E View FIGURE 36 )

Material examined. One specimen. MB28-004961, ZSC, 28 Jan. 2015, 22m, 25mm.

Habitats. Subtropical rocky reef.

Occurrences. Zavora.

Geographic distribution. Indian Ocean. India ( Ramakrishna et al. 2010), United Arab Emirates (Gosliner et al. 2008), Tanzania ( Rudman 1980) and Mozambique.

Remarks. In captivity, this specimen was observed to quickly move its oral tentacles from side-to-side, touching the substrate whilst crawling.

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.

Rudman, W. B. (1980) Aeolid opisthobranch molluscs (Glaucidae) from the Indian Ocean and the south-west Pacific. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 68, 139 - 172. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / j. 1096 - 3642.1980. tb 01923. x

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FIGURE 36. A–D, Pteraeolidia semperi (MB28-004475, MB28-004957, MB28-004840 and MB28-004531, respectively). E, Sakuraeolis kirembosa (MB28-004961). F, Sakuraeolis sp. (MB28-004523).G, Sakuraeolis sp. 2 (MB28-004813). H, Glaucus atlanticus (MB28-004558). I, Glaucus marginatus (MZUSP110979).