Plocamopherus margaritae Vallès & Gosliner, 2006

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 : 78

Plocamopherus margaritae Vallès & Gosliner, 2006

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Material examined. Two specimens. MB28-005088, PORA, 0 7 May 2014, 15 m, 14mm; MB28-0 0 5089, POD, 11 May 2014, 17 m, 11mm.

Habitats. Subtropical rocky reefs.

Occurrences. Ponta do Ouro.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west Pacific. Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Thailand (Gosliner et al. 2008), United Arab Emirates, Myanmar (Vallès & Gosliner), Mauritius (Arnim 2014) and Mozambique.

Remarks. Both specimens examined here had an atypical colour patter very similar to a specimen found in Mauritius by Arnim (2014) and identified by T. Gosliner, A. Valdès and N. Yonow as P. margaritae . Despite several external similarities between different colour morphotypes (e.g. 3 pairs of lateral appendages, black spots on the dorsum and flattened and fringed oral veil), such variations still need to be confirmed through molecular analyses.

Figures

FIGURE 25. A–B, Kaloplocamus acutus (MB28-004683 and MB28-004741, respectively). C, Limacia sp. (MB28-004598). D, Plocamopherus ceylonicus (MB28-004631). E, Plocamopherus margaritae (YTMB28-005088). F, Plocamopherus sp. (MB28-004856). G, Aegires pruvotfolae (MB28-004537). H, Aegires villosus (MB28-004592). I, Aegires sp. (MB28-004729). I, Gymnodoris ceylonica (MHN-YT1038).K–L, Gymnodoris citrina(MB28-004967 and MB28-004830, respectively).