Rostanga, Bergh, 1879

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 : 56-57

publication ID	https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4359.1.1
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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6025998
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scientific name	Rostanga
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Rostanga View in CoL sp.

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Material examined. One specimen. MB28-004617, BL, 26 Aug. 2012, 3m, 13mm. Habitats. Subtropical tidal reef and seagrass.

Occurrences. Barra and Zavora.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west Pacific. Indonesia (Gosliner et al. 2015) and Mozambique. Remarks. This specimen is externally similar to Rostanga elandisa Garovoy, Valdés & Gosliner 2001 , which has been previously found in the cold Atlantic coast of South Africa and to R. aureamala Garovoy, Valdés & Gosliner (2001) , which was described based on material from South Africa collected in the Indian Ocean coast. The radula of the specimen from Mozambique differs from both species by the wider shape of the inner lateral teeth that contains at least 5 well-defined denticles. This specimen is externally similar to a putative undescribed species from Indonesia illustrated in Gosliner et al. (2015, pg. 198, bottom right).

References

Garovoy, J. B., Valdes, A. & Gosliner, T. M. (2001) Phylogeny of the genus Rostanga (Nudibranchia), with descriptions of three new species from South Africa. Journal Molluscan Studies, 67, 131 - 144. https: // doi. org / 10.1093 / mollus / 67.2.131

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).