Discodoris coerulescens Bergh, 1888

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 : 47

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scientific name	Discodoris coerulescens Bergh, 1888
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Material examined. One specimen. ZMBN105166, VISP, 22 May 2015, 3m, 24mm.

Habitats. Tropical coral reef.

Occurrences. Vamizi Island.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west Pacific. Japan, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Madagascar, Seychelles (Gosliner et al. 2008) and Mozambique.

Remarks. This species is similar to Tayuva lilacina ( Gould, 1852) but differs externally by a thin white line running along the margin of the notum and a withish ventral surface without spots ( Dayrat 2010).

References

Bergh, L. S. R. (1888) Malacologische Untersuchungen. In: Semper, C. (Ed.), Reisen im Archipel der Philippinen von Dr. Carl Gottfried Semper. Zweiter Theil. Wissenschaftliche Resultate, Berlin, pp. 755 - 814, pls. 77 - 81.

Dayrat, B. (2010) A Monographic Revision of Basal Discodorid Sea Slugs (Mollusca: Gastropoda: Nudibranchia: Doridina). Proceeding of the California Academy of Sciencies, 61 (Sumplement 1), 1 - 403.

Gould, A. A. (1852) United States exploring expedition during the years 1838, 1839, 1840, 1841, 1842. Under the command of Charles Wilkes, U. S. N. Vol. XII. Mollusca and shells, Philadelphia, 510 pp.