Berthellina, Gardiner, 1936

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 : 10

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Berthellina sp.

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Material examined. Ten specimens. MHN-YT282, ZRP, 21 Feb. 2012, 2m, 22mm; MB28-005 0 93, ZRP, 21 Feb. 2012, 2m, 25mm; MB28-005094, ZRP, 21 Feb. 2012, 2m, 40mm; MB28-005095, ZRP, 21 Feb. 2012, 2m, 32mm; MB28-005066, ZRP, 25 May 2013, 1m, 22mm; MB28-005067, 2spcs., ZRP, 0 3 Feb. 2014, 1m, 6 and 22mm; MB28-005068, ZRP, 15 Feb. 2014, 0.5m, 45mm; MB28-0 0 5069, NKA, 10 Jun. 2014, 4m, 32mm; MB28-005070, MIF, 11 Jun. 2014, 3m, 42mm. MB28-005016, ZRP, 0 3 Aug. 2015, 0.5m, 18mm.

Habitats. Subtropical tidal reefs and tropical coral reefs, bommies and seagrass, active at night and under rocks during the day, always in shallow waters.

Occurrences. Zavora and Nuarro.

Geographic distribution. Western Indian Ocean (Gosliner et al. 2015) and likely India ( Bhave & Apte 2011) . Madagascar (Gosliner et al. 2008), South Africa ( Gosliner 1987; Gosliner et al. 2008) and Mozambique .

Remarks. This species is similar to the one listed in Gosliner et al. (2015) as Berthellina sp. (p. 107, right bottom photo) from the western Indian Ocean. Externally, it differs from B. delicata reviewed by Moustafa et al. (2016) by the dense white spots on the dorsum.

References

Moustafa, A. Y., Golestani, H. & Valdes, A. (2016) A review of the genus Berthellina (Mollusca: Heterobranchia: Pleurobranchidae) in the Red Sea based on molecular and anatomical data. Marine Biodiversity, August 2016, 1 - 14. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 12526 - 016 - 0558 - 2

Bhave, V. & Apte, D. (2011) Illustrated checklist of opisthobranch fauna of Ratnagiri, Maharashtra, India, with eight new records to India. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 108, 172 - 182.

Gosliner, T. M. (1987) Nudibranchs of southern Africa: a guide to opisthobranch molluscs of southern Africa. Sea Challengers, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, 136 pp.

Figures

FIGURE 2. A, Berthella martensi (MB28-004607). B–D, Berthellina delicata species complex (MB28-005057, MB28- 004578, MB28-005060, respectively). E, Berthellina sp. (MB28-005016). F, Pleurobranchaea brockii (in situ). G, Pleurobranchus albiguttatus (MB28-004603). H–I, Pleurobranchus forskalii (MB28-004434 and MHN-YT1655, respectively). J, Pleurobranchus grandis (in situ). K–L, Pleurobranchus peronii (MHN-YT276 and MB28-005042, respectively).