Flabellina bicolor (Kelaart, 1858)

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 : 97

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scientific name	Flabellina bicolor (Kelaart, 1858)
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Material examined. Ten specimens. MHN-YT30, ZA51, 16 Mar. 2010, 14m, 12mm; MB28-004465, ZRP, 0 6. Feb. 2012, 1 m, 10mm, collected by L. Robinson; MB28-004495, MB28-004496 & MB28-004498, MB28-004499, ZRP, 21 Feb. 2012, 2m, 5–8mm, collected by L. Robinson & S. Bruck; ZMBN117044, ZRP, 0 6 Aug. 2013, 0.5m, 4mm; ZMBN117051, ZRP, 18 Dec. 2013, 0.5m, 12mm; ZMBN117057, ZRP, 17 Mar. 2014, 0.5m, 6mm; MB28- 0 0 4825, POA, 0 7 May 2014, 15m, 10mm.

Habitats. Subtropical tidal reefs and rocky reefs.

Occurrences. Ponta do Ouro and Zavora.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west, central Pacific. Hawaii, Japan, Korea, Hong Kong (Gosliner et al. 2008), Guam ( Carlson & Hoff 2003), Papua New Guinea, Australia, Philippines, Malaysia (Gosliner et al. 2008), Thailand ( Mehrotra & Scott 2015), India ( Apte 2009), British Indian Ocean Territory ( Yonow et al. 2002), Seychelles, Tanzania, Madagascar, South Africa (Gosliner et al. 2008) and Mozambique.

References

Apte, D. (2009) Opisthobranch fauna of Lakshadweep Islands, India, with 52 new record to lakshadweep and 40 new records to India: Part 1. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 106, 162 - 175.

Carlson, C. & Hoff, P. J. (2003) The opisthobranchs of the Mariana Islands. Micronesica, 35, 271 - 293.

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.

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

Yonow, N., Anderson, R. C. & Buttress, S. G. (2002) Opisthobranch molluscs from the British Indian Ocean Territory, Central Indian Ocean. Journal of Natural History, 36, 831 - 882. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222930110039161