Hypselodoris pulchella ( Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828 )

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 : 37

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scientific name	Hypselodoris pulchella ( Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828 )
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Hypselodoris pulchella ( Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828) View in CoL

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Material examined. Seven specimens. MB28-004553, ZGWS, 27 May 2012, 21m, 60mm; MB28-004658, ZD, 16 Mar. 2013, 31m, 50mm; MB28-004659, ZD, 26 Mar. 2013, 31m, 48mm; MHN-YT826, ZGWS, 26 Jul. 2013, 18m, 63mm; MB28-004702, ZY, 0 3 Aug. 2013, 33m, 48mm; MB28-004704, ZGWS, 0 3 Aug. 2013; MB28-004736, ZGWS, 13 Sep. 2013, 21m, 42mm.

Habitats. Subtropical rocky reefs and tropical coral reefs.

Occurrences. Ponta do Ouro, Zavora and Nuarro.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west Pacific. Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, Thailand, Oman (Gosliner et al. 2008), India ( Prasade et al. 2012), Red Sea, Madagascar, Seychelles, Tanzania (Gosliner et al. 2008), South Africa ( Gosliner 1987) and Mozambique.

References

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.

Mayes, B (2012) Cerberilla sp., Nudipixel, Pergentian, Malasya. Available from: http: // www. nudipixel. net / photo / 00041707 / (accessed 26 July 2017)

Prasade, A., Bhave, V., Apte, D. & Kale, P. (2012) A review of Discodoris opisthobranch molluscs along Indian Coasts. In: Biodiversity and Conservation of Coastal and Marine Exossystems of India. Ramniranjan Jhunjhunwaala College, ghatkopar, Mumbai, pp. 74 - 79.

Ruppell, W. P. E. S. & Leuckart, F. S. (1828) Mollusca. In: Atlas zu der Reise im nordlichen Afrika. v on Eduard Ruppell. 1. Abth. Zoologie. 5. Neue wirbellose. Thiere des Rothen Meers, Frankfurt, pp. 15 - 47, pls. 1 - 12.

Figures

FIGURE 11. A, Hypselodoris pulchella (MB28-004553). B, Hypselodoris regina (ZMBN117025). C, Hypselodoris rudmani (MB28-004471). D, Mexichromis cf. katalexis (MHN-YT672). E–F, Mexichromis sp. (MB28-004587 and MB28-004850, respectively). G–H. Miamira magnifica (MB28-004948 and MB28-004986, respectively). I, Miamira miamirana (MB28- 004907).J, Miamira moloch (MB28-004921). K, Miamira sinuata (MB28-005102). L, Thorunna africana (MB28-004889).