Pleurobranchus peronii Cuvier, 1804

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 : 12-13

Pleurobranchus peronii Cuvier, 1804

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Material examined. Three specimens. MHN-YT276, ZRP, 21 Feb. 2014, 2m, 12mm; MB28-0 0 4753, ZRS, 24m, 22mm; MB28-005042, 20 Aug. 2016,8m, 15mm.

Habitats. Subtropical tidal reefs and rocky reefs.

Occurrences. Zavora.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west Pacific. Hawaii (Gosliner et al. 2008; Goodheart et al. 2015), Japan, Korea, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Malaysia (Gosliner et al. 2008), Philippines ( Goodheart et al. 2015), India ( Apte 2009), Madagascar, Tanzania, South Africa (Gosliner et al. 2008; Goodheart et al. 2015) and Mozambique ( Macnae 1962).

Remarks. Found active at night, one specimen in association with the commensal cleaner shrimp Hyppolyte sp.

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).