Pleurobranchus areolatus Mörch, 1863

Gutiérrez, Manuel Caballer, Ortea, Jesús, Rivero, Nelsy, Tucker, Gabriela Carias, Malaquias, Manuel António E. & Narciso, Samuel, 2015, The opisthobranch gastropods (Mollusca: Heterobranchia) from Venezuela: an annotated and illustrated inventory of species, Zootaxa 4034 (2), pp. 201-256 : 226-227

72. Pleurobranchus areolatus Mörch, 1863

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Material examined. PCM, 3 spcs, H = 15 mm, JOC. IA, 1 spc., PNC.

Ecology. Reef lagoons under coral rubble.

Distribution. ABC Islands, Bahamas, Barbados, Bermuda, Brazil, Cayman Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Mexico, Panama, Puerto Rico, St. Martin / St. Maarten, St. Thomas, USA, Virgin Islands, Venezuela (Thompson 1977; Valdés et al. 2006; Rios 2009; Yidi & Sarmiento 2011. Isla de Aves: Marcus & Marcus 1963. Isla de Aves and Los Roques, Isla Larga, west end, north side: Marcus & Marcus 1967a. Los Roques: Work 1969; Marcus & Marcus 1970).

Figures

FIGURE 5. A, Dondice occidentalis. B, Godiva rubrolineata. C, Favorinus auritulus. D, Phidiana lynceus. E, Spurilla sargassicola. F, Eubranchus conicla. G, Scyllaea pelagica. H, Doto casandra. I, Chelidonura cubana. J, Aplysia parvula. K, Syphonota geographica. L, Pleurobranchus areolatus. M, Elysia papillosa. N, Thuridilla malaquita. Ο-P, Placida cremoniana. Q, Okenia zoobotryon. I-Q, Sea s 1 ugs in their natura 1 envirοnment (Gaby Carias).