Phyllidiopsis gemmata ( Pruvot-Fol, 1957 )

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 : 63

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scientific name	Phyllidiopsis gemmata ( Pruvot-Fol, 1957 )
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Phyllidiopsis gemmata ( Pruvot-Fol, 1957) View in CoL

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Material examined. Three specimens. MHN-YT1325, NFA, 0 6 Jun. 2014, 19 m, 32mm; ZMBN117082, NKA, 25 Jun. 2014, 15 m, 26mm; ZMBN119691, NKA, 15m, 31mm.

Habitats. Tropical coral reefs.

Occurrences. Nuarro.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west Pacific. Indonesia, Thailand ( Brunckhorst 1993), India ( Apte 2009), British Indian Ocean Territory ( Yonow et al. 2002), Ari Atoll ( Yonow 2012), Réunion Island ( Brunckhorst 1993), Mauritius, Madagascar (Gosliner et al. 2008) and Mozambique.

Remarks. This species is characterized by its elongated body, low compound conical tubercles which form three central ridges in the dorsum, four narrow black longitudinal lines on the dorsum, an anal opening within a pink tubercle and black rhinophores with a pink-grey base ( Brunckhorst 1993). Rudman (1999b) notes that although the original illustration of P. gemmata exhibited radial lines on the mantle margin, these were not mentioned in the description or later by Brunckhorst (1993). Radial lines were observed in all Mozambican specimens and in Gosliner et al. (2008, 2015). These are not apparent in photographs of P. gemmata in Yonow (2012) , however this author suggested these lines may be present only in large individuals.

References

Apte, D. (2009) Opisthobranch fauna of Lakshadweep Islands, India, with 52 new record to lakshadweep and 40 new records to India: Part 1. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 106, 162 - 175.

Brunckhorst, D. J. (1993) The Systematics and Phylogeny of Phyllidiid Nudibranchs (Doridoidea). Records of the Australian Museum, 16 (Supplement), 1 - 107. https: // doi. org / 10.3853 / j. 0812 - 7387.16.1993.79

Pruvot-Fol, A. (1957) Revision de la famille des Phyllidiadae. II Partie. Journal de Conchyliologie, 97, 104 - 135, pl. 1.

Rudman, W. B. (1999 b) Phyllidiopsis gemmata Pruvot-Fol, 1957. Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from: http: // www. seaslugforum. net / factsheet / phylgemm (accessed 5 January 2017)

Yonow, N., Anderson, R. C. & Buttress, S. G. (2002) Opisthobranch molluscs from the British Indian Ocean Territory, Central Indian Ocean. Journal of Natural History, 36, 831 - 882. https: // doi. org / 10.1080 / 00222930110039161

Yonow, N. (2012) Opisthobranchs from the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of two new species and ten new records (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys, 197, 1 - 129. https: // doi. org / 10.3897 / zookeys. 197.1728

Figures

FIGURE 21. A–C, Phyllidiopsis gemmata (ZMBN117082), dorsal, ventral view and detail of the rhinophores. D–F, Phyllidiopsis krempfi (ZMBN117040) dorsal, ventral view and detail of the rhinophores. G–I, Phyllidiopsis krempfi (ZMBN105093) dorsal,ventral view anddetail of the rhinophores.J–L,Phyllidiopsis shireenae (ZMBN119709) dorsal,ventral view and detail of the rhinophores.