Phyllidiella zeylanica Kelaart, 1859

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	Phyllidiella zeylanica Kelaart, 1859
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Material examined. Five specimens. ZMBN117027, ZSC, 0 8 Jun. 2012, 22m, 48mm; ZMBN117031, ZJS, 26 Jun. 2016, 9m, 38mm; MB28-004817, ZRP, 16 Apr. 2014, 0.5m, 38mm; MHN-YT1272, NGF, 25m, 29mm; ZMBN119704, NMB, 23 Jul. 2016, 25m, 18mm.

Habitats. Subtropical rocky reefs and tropical coral reefs.

Occurrences. Zavora and Nuarro.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west Pacific. Papua New Guinea (Gosliner et al. 2008), Indonesia ( Kelaart 1859), Thailand, Sri Lanka ( Brunckhorst 1993), India ( Apte 2009), Christmas Island, Maldives, Seychelles, ( Yonow 1996, 2012), British Indian Ocean Territory ( Yonow et al. 2002), Mauritius ( Yonow & Hayward 1991), Comoros Islands, Tanzania, Réunion Island (Gosliner et al. 2008), South Africa ( Gosliner 1987) and Mozambique ( King & Fraser 2014).

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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

Gosliner, T. M. (1987) Nudibranchs of southern Africa: a guide to opisthobranch molluscs of southern Africa. Sea Challengers, California Academy of Sciences, San Francisco, 136 pp.

Kelaart, E. F. (1859) On some additional species of nudibranchiate mollusks from Ceylon. Annals & Magazine of Natural History, Series 3, 4, 267 - 270.

King, D. & Fraser, V. (2014) The Reef Guide. Fishes, corals, nudibranchs & other invertebrates. East & South Coasts of Southern Africa. Struik Nature, Cape Town, 360 pp.

Yonow, N. & Hayward, P. J. (1991) Opisthobranches de l'lle Maurice, avec la description de deux especes nouvelles (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia). Ret ue Francaise I'Aquariologie, Nancy, 18, 1 - 30.

Yonow, N. (1996) Systematic revision of the family Phyllidiidae in the Indian Ocean province. 1. (Opisthobranchia: Nudibranchia: Doridoidea). Journal of Conchology, 35, 483 - 516.

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