Elysia pawliki Krug, Vendetti & Valdés, 2016

Delgado, Marlon, Freire, Fúlvio Aurélio de Morais, Meirelles, Carlos Augusto Oliveira de, Padula, Vinicius, Bahia, Juliana & Brandão, Simone Nunes, 2022, Sea slugs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Rio Grande do Norte, Northeastern Brazil, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 62, pp. 1-26 : 8

09. Elysia pawliki Krug, Vendetti & Valdés, 2016 ( Fig. 2I )

Material examined: Praia de Pirambúzios, Nísia Floresta, 12.III.2009, one specimen, 25 mm (body length), leg. V. Padula ( MZSP 97061 as Elysia papillosa ). Praia de Baia Formosa, Baia Formosa, 04.I.2011, one specimen, 25 mm (body length), leg. M. Delgado ( GEEFAA 318).

Description: Elongated and shapeless body.Olive-green background coloration, rhinophores, head and parapodia with a light beige coloration and brown small dots. Head conspicuous, with small black eyes. Rhinophores elongated and curled, prostrate towards the anterior side, with several tubercles from the base to the apex, leaving this covered with a curly texture.

Geographic distribution: Western Atlantic: Bahamas, Costa Rica, Venezuela, Brazil (Alagoas, as Elysia subornata ; Rio Grande do Norte – present study) ( Espinosa & Ortea, 2001; Redfern, 2001, Valdés et al., 2006; Padula et al., 2012; Redfern, 2013; Krug et al., 2016).

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Figure 2. Heterobranch sea slugs from Rio Grande do Norte. (A) Micromelo undatus (15 mm – GEEFAA 294); (B) Haminoea antillarum (2 mm – GEEFAA 344); (C)Camachoaglaja berolina(7 mm– GEEFAA270);(D)Chelidonurahirundinina(16mm– GEEFAA1320);(E)Navanaxgemmatus (40mm– MZSP97068);(F)Ascobulla ulla (7 mm – MZSP 97049); (G) Oxynoe antillarum (25 mm – GEEFAA 352); (H) Elysia canguzua (15 mm – GEEFAA 295); (I) Elysia pawliki (25 mm – MZSP 97061); (J) Elysia subornata (14 mm – MZSP 97050); (K) Thuridilla malaquita (15 mm – phot. reg.); (L) Caliphylla mediterranea (9 mm – GEEFAA 349); (M) Aplysia cervina (70mm – MZSP 97074); (N) Aplysia dactylomela (76 mm – MZSP 97073);(O) Bursatellaleachii (75 mm – GEEFAA 324).