Nembrotha lineolata Bergh, 1905

Yonow, Nathalie, Anderson, R. Charles & Buttress, Susan G., 2002, Opisthobranch molluscs from the Chagos Archipelago, Central Indian Ocean, Journal of Natural History 36 (7), pp. 831-882 : 838

Nembrotha lineolata Bergh, 1905

(®gures 2e, 4a, 5, 6A) Nembrotha lineolata Bergh, 1905: 199 , 200, pl. 2, ®gures 10, 11; Baba, 1976b: 131, ®gures 1, 2. Nembrotha cf. lineolata: Wells and Bryce, 1993: 84 , ®gure 96.

Material. Chag96/62: 65 mm; inner reef, Ile du Coin, Peros Banhos Atoll; 25 February 1996; at 22 m depth; coll. J. McGlade (radular preparation). Chag96/63: 45 mm; inner reef, Ile Monpatre, Peros Banhos Atoll; 26 February 1996; at 5 m depth. Six individuals not collected: two together on sand, inner reef of Petite Ile de la Passe, Peros Banhos, 28 February 1996; at 19 m depth; three (only one photographed), Ile Fouquet, Peros Banhos, 4 March 1996, at 15 m depth; one photographed on inner reef wall, Ile Vache Marine, Peros Banhos Atoll; 4 March 1996; at 12 m depth.

Description. Dorsum white with chocolate brown markings; in the smaller specimen stripes were visible but patches of brown were also present (®gure 4a); in the larger specimen most of the dorsum was covered with one almost continuous chocolate brown patch (®gure 2e). Foot with blue marginal and yellow submarginal bands; similar blue and yellow bands around rhinophore sheaths and bases of gill plumes. Rhinophores reddish brown with white tips. Gills tripinnate, white with reddish brown markings.