Phyllidiopsis cardinalis Bergh, 1876

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

Phyllidiopsis cardinalis Bergh, 1876

( Figure 20 K –L )

Material examined. Three specimens. MHN-YT902, ZRP, 0 7 Sep. 2013, 0.4m, 30mm; ZMBN117066, POJP, 11 May 2014, 15m, 27mm; ZMBN119703, NSS, 26 Apr. 2016, 12m, 19mm.

Habitats. Subtropical rocky reefs and tropical coral reefs.

Occurrences. Ponta do Ouro, Zavora and Nuarro.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west, central Pacific. Hawaii, Japan, New Caledonia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Australia (Gosliner et al. 2008), Guam ( Carlson & Hoff 2003), British Indian Ocean Territory ( Yonow et al. 2002), Réunion Island, Tanzania, South Africa and Mozambique (Gosliner et al. 2008).

Figures

FIGURE 20. A–B, Phyllidiella meandrina (ZMBN105095) dorsal and ventral view. C–D, Phyllidiella pustulosa (ZMBN117079) dorsal and ventral view. E–F, Phyllidiella rosans (ZMBN117065). G–H, Phyllidiella striata (ZMBN117076) dorsal and ventral view. I–J, Phyllidiella zeylanica (ZMBN117027) dorsal and ventral view. K–L, Phyllidiopsis cardinalis (ZMBN117066) dorsal and ventral view.