Platydoris pulchra Eliot, 1904

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 : 56

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scientific name	Platydoris pulchra Eliot, 1904
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Platydoris pulchra Eliot, 1904 View in CoL

( Figure 18 F–G View FIGURE 18 )

Material examined. Five specimens. MB28-004656, ZWH, 17 Mar. 2013, 18m, 42mm; MB28-004759, 12 Jun. 0 13, VISP, 5m, 20mm; MHN-YT973b, 12 Jun. 0 13, VISP, 5m, 7mm; MB28-0 0 4782, VIPP, 13 Dec. 2014, 11m, 20mm; ZMBN105604, PP, 28 May 2015, 12m, 40mm.

Habitats. Subtropical tidal reefs and tropical coral reefs.

Occurrences. Zavora, Pemba and Vamizi Island .

Geographic distribution. Indian Ocean. Sri Lanka, Kenya, Madagascar (Gosliner et al. 2015), Tanzania ( Eliot 1904a), South Africa (Gosliner et al. 2015) and Mozambique.

References

Eliot, C. N. E. (1904 a) On some nudibranchs from east Africa and Zanzibar, part III. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1903 (2), 250 - 251.

Figures

FIGURE 18. A, Atagema intecta (MB28-004680). B, Jorunna funebris (MB28-004693). C, Jorunna parva (MB28-004833). D, Jorunna ramicola (MB28-004591). E, Jorunna rubescens (in situ). F–G, Platydoris pulchra (MB28-004782 and MB28- 004759, respectively).H–I, Platydoris scabra (MB28-005081), dorsal and ventral view.J, Rostanga bifurcata (MHN-YT631). K, Rostanga sp. (MB28-004617).L, Sclerodoris tuberculata(MB28-004760).