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

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scientific name	Asteronotus cespitosus (van Hasselt, 1824 )
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Asteronotus cespitosus (van Hasselt, 1824) View in CoL

( Figure 13 J–K View FIGURE 13 )

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.

References

Carlson, C. & Hoff, P. J. (2003) The opisthobranchs of the Mariana Islands. Micronesica, 35, 271 - 293.

Debelius, H. (1996) Nudibranchs and Sea Snails. Indo-Pacific Field Guide. From the Red Sea to South Africa. Across to the West Coast of the Americas. IKAN-Unterwasserarchiv, Frankfurt, 321 pp.

Fatemi, Y. & Attaran-Fariman, G. (2015) Checklist of the opisthobranchs (Heterobranchia: Gastropoda) along the Iranian Coasts of the Gulf of Oman. Journal of Biodiversity Environmental Science, 6, 1 - 7.

Hasselt, van J. C. (1824) Uittreksel uit een Brief van Dr. J. C. van Hasselt, aan Prof. van Swinderen, Tjuringe op Java, de 25 sten Mei 1823. Algemeene Konst- en Letter-bode, voor her jaar 1824, I Deel, No. 2 (Vrijdag den 9 den Januarij), 20 - 25.

Kay, E. A. & Young, D. K. (1969) The Doridacea (Opisthobranchia; Mollusca) of the Hawaiian Islands. Pacific Science, 23, 172 - 231.

Marcus, E. & Marcus, E. (1970) Some gastropods from Madagascar and west Mexico. Malacologia, 10, 181 - 123.

Yonow, N. (2011) Results of the Rumphius Biohistorical Expedition to Ambon Part 15. The suborder Doridina (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Opisthobranchia, Nudibranchia). Zoologische Mededelingen Leiden, 85, 805 - 956.

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).