Gargamella immaculata Bergh, 1894

Grandez, Alessandra, Ampuero, Andre & Barahona, Sergio P., 2023, Peruvian nudibranchs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia): an updated literature review-based list of species, ZooKeys 1176, pp. 117-163 : 117

Gargamella immaculata Bergh, 1894

Habitat.

Benthic.

Type material.

SMNH 1015-Tierra del Fuego, Chile.

Distribution.

A common species on the southern coast of Chile and Argentina.

Sampling/reporting sites.

Cabo Metalqui, Chiloé ( Fischer and Cervera 2005b; Odhner 1926), in Última Esperanza, Tierra del Fuego ( Marcus 1959), in Cabo San Antonio; Cabo Delgado; Gulf of Ancud, between Isla Quenu and Calbuco; Seno Otway, Queule and Coliumo Bay ( Schrödl 1996a). In Argentina, in the north ( Bergh 1894; Odhner 1926), also in Argentine Patagonia and on the Burdwood Bank ( Odhner 1926; Schrödl 2003).

Remarks.

According to Schrödl (2003), the Peruvian records of this species by Zagal and Hermosilla (2001) are doubtful. However, in that compilation and in the most up-to-date publication ( Zagal and Hermosilla 2007), Gargamella immaculata is not mentioned from Peruvian waters, but as an inhabitant of the Peruvian zoogeographic province from Juan López (Atacama) to the south. The species was mistakenly included in Kentrodorididae by Schrödl (1996a), until Valdés (2002) transferred it back to the Discodorididae .