Sclerodoris prea (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967)

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 : 15

28. Sclerodoris prea (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1967) ( Fig. 3M . 1 and 3M . 2 )

Material examined: Praia de Baia Formosa, Baia Formosa, 05.VII.2009, one specimen, 12 mm (body length), leg. M. Delgado ( MZSP 97037). Praia de Pitangui, Extremoz, 12.I.2019, two specimens, 33-35 mm (body length), leg. M. Delgado ( GEEFAA 1314).

Description: Body flat and elliptical, light brown, with three longitudinal rows of large, dark brown spots,smaller, brown spots randomly distributed on the notum. Anteriorly, eyes covered by the notum, lamellate elongated light brown rhinophores. Gills translucent white with small, opaque, white spots. Medially, notum with small, rounded tubercles variable in size, with two sulci externally. Posteriorly, six retractile, foliated gills around the anus. Foot narrower than notum. Ventrally, body opaque white with small spots.

Geographic distribution: Western Atlantic: Bahamas, Barbados, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Panama, USA, Venezuela, Brazil (Rio Grande do Norte – present study) (Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus,1967b; Valdés et al., 2006; Gutiérrez et al., 2015).

Remarks: First record from the South Atlantic Ocean.

Figures

Figure 1. Sampling areas along the coast of Rio Grande do Norte state,northeastern Brazil.

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).

Figure 3. Heterobranchsea slugsfrom Rio Grandedo Norte.(A) Phyllaplysiaengeli (6mm – GEEFAA342);(B)Berthela agassizii(11mm –MZSP 97047);(C) Berthella nebula (7 mm– GEEFAA 1307);(D)Berthella vialactea(14mm – GEEFAA 304);(E) Berthellinaignis (10 mm– GEEFAA 335);(F) Cadlina rumia(10mm – GEEFAA311); (G) Felimida clenchi (9 mm – MZSP 97070); (H) Felimare sp. (13 mm – GEEFAA 313); (I) Tyrinna evelinae (18 mm – GEEFAA 1305); (J) Diaulula greeleyi (20 mm – GEEFAA 259a); (K) Discodoris branneri (70 mm – MZSP 97063); (L) Geitodoris pusae (14 mm – GEEFAA 338); (M.1) Sclerodoris prea (33 mm – GEEFAA 1314); (M.2) Sclerodoris prea (35 mm – GEEFAA1314); (N) Taringa iemanja (25 mm – MZSP 97062);(O) Taringa telopia (18 mm – MZSP 97071).