Favorinus mirabilis Baba, 1955

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 : 111-113

Favorinus mirabilis Baba, 1955

( Figure 35 A )

Material examined. Five specimens. MB28-004771, VIPP, 12 Aug. 2013, 18m, 6mm; MB28-0 0 4818, MB28- 0 0 4820, MB28-004822 and MHN-YT1182, POA, 0 7 May 2014, 15m, 3–11mm. Habitats. Subtropical rocky reefs and tropical coral reefs.

Occurrences. Ponta do Ouro and Vamizi Island.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west, central Pacific. Hawaii, French Polynesia, Marshall Islands, Guam (Gosliner et al. 2008), Japan ( Baba 1955), Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Singapore, Comoros Islands, Tanzania (Gosliner et al. 2008) and Mozambique.

Remarks. All specimens were found on the spawn of Hexabranchus sanguineus .

Figures

FIGURE 35. A, Favorinus mirabilis (MB28-004820). B, Favorinus tsuruganus (MB28-004740). C, Favorinus sp. (MB28- 005050).D–E, Godiva quadricolor (MB28-004589 and MB28-004917, respectively).F, Moridilla brockii (MB28-004500).G, Phidiana bourailli (MB28-004563). H, Phyllodesmium acanthorhinum (MB28-005083). I, Phyllodesmium crypticum (MB28- 004778). J, Phyllodesmium magnum (ZMBN105099). K, Phyllodesmium sp. (MB28-005011). L, Pleurolidia juliae (MB28- 004528).