Pleurobranchus grandis Pease, 1868

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

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Pleurobranchus grandis Pease, 1868
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Pleurobranchus grandis Pease, 1868

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Material examined. Photographic record only (not collected), ZRP, 19 Nov. 2010, 0.5m, 100mm.

Habitats. Subtropical tidal reefs.

Occurrences. Zavora.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west Pacific. French Polynesia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Philippines (Gosliner et al. 2008; Goodheart et al. 2015), New Caledonia, Australia, Indonesia ( Goodheart et al. 2015), Red Sea ( De Loose 2001), Réunion Island ( Flodrops 2008) and Mozambique.

De Loose, L. (2001) Pleurobranchus grandis from the Red Sea, [Message in] Sea Slug Forum, Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from: http: // www. seaslugforum. net / find / 5430 (accessed 21 July 2017)

Flodrops, H. (2008) Pleurobranchus grandis from Reunion Island, [Message in] Sea Slug Forum, Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from: http: // www. seaslugforum. net / find / 21376 (accessed 21 July 2017)

Goodheart, J., Camacho-Garcia, Y., Padula, V., Schrodl, M., Cervera, J. L., Gosliner, T. M. & Valdes, A. (2015) Systematics and biogeography of Pleurobranchus Cuvier, 1804, sea slugs (Heterobranchia: Nudipleura: Pleurobranchidae). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 174, 322 - 362. https: // doi. org / 10.1111 / zoj. 12237

Pease, W. H. (1868) Descriptions of marine Gasteropodae, inhabiting Polynesia. American Journal of Conchology, 4 (2), 71 - 80, pls. 7 - 10.

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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).