Asteronotus cespitosus (van Hasselt, 1824 )

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 : 45

Asteronotus cespitosus (van Hasselt, 1824)

( Figure 13 J–K )

Material examined. Six specimens. MHN-YT992, 12 Aug. 2013, VISP, 2m, 29mm; ZMBN105 161, VISP, 22 May 2015, 3m, 44mm; ZMBN105 162, 2spcs., 22 May 2015, VISP, 3m, 22 and 32mm; ZMBN105163, 2 spcs., VISP, 22 May 2015, 3m, 14 and 16mm.

Habitats. Tropical coral reefs.

Occurrences. Nuarro and Vamizi Island.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west, central Pacific. Hawaii ( Kay & Young 1969), Guam ( Carlson & Hoff 2003), Japan, Papua New Guinea, Australia (Gosliner et al. 2008), Indonesia (Gosliner et al. 2008; Yonow 2011), Gulf of Oman ( Fatemi & Attaran-Fariman 2015), Red Sea ( Debelius 1996), Madagascar ( Marcus & Marcus 1970), Tanzania, Seychelles, Mauritius (Gosliner et al. 2008) and Mozambique.

Figures

FIGURE 13. A, Thorunna australis (MB28-004823). B, Thorunna horologia (MB28-005006). C, Thorunna punicea (MB28- 004404).D, Verconia norba (MB28-004715). E. Verconia simplex (MB28-005013). F, Verconia sp. (MB28-005012). G, Aldisa cf. pikokai (MHN-YT1554). H, Aldisa fragaria (MB28-004395). I, Aldisa zavorensis (MB28-004398). J–K, Asteronotus cespitosus (ZMBN105161), dorsal and ventral view. L, Asteronotus sp.(MB28-004911).