Pleurobranchus peronii Cuvier, 1804
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https://doi.org/ 10.12651/JSR.2014.3.1.001 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.8132684 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03D6506C-8D75-9760-FCFA-02F920E5FC90 |
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Pleurobranchus peronii Cuvier, 1804 |
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Pleurobranchus peronii Cuvier, 1804 View in CoL View at ENA ( Fig. 1A View Fig )
Pleurobranchus peronii Cuvier, 1804: 266 View in CoL , 275, pl. 18, fig. 1-6; Tryon and Pilsbry, 1895: 207-208, pl. 48, fig. 24-28, pl. 74, fig. 88-90; Gosliner et al., 2008: 100.
Pleurobranchus hirasei Baba, 1971: 24-25 View in CoL , pl. 3; Okutani 2000: 771.
Materials examined. 3 individuals, Hwasun-ri, Andeokmyeon, Seogwipo-si , Jeju-do, 25 May 2013 (D. Jung) (KOSPIV0000185832).
Description. Body ovate and large; length 67-102 mm, width 63-81 mm in living animal; yellow to reddish purple. Mantle covered foot except posterior end. Whole dorsum covered with small rounded tubercles; several tips of tubercles white, orange or dark purple. Reticulate pigment around the tubercles dark or white. Rhinophores enrolled and wrinkled; joined basally. Oral veil small and reversely trapezoid. Gills on right side of body, covered by mantle; bipinnated and alternated 22-23 pinnae on each side. Foot wide; anteriorly bilabiated; metapodium blunted and orange in color.
Distribution. Korea, Japan, Hawaii, Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Australia, South Africa, Madagascar, Tanzania.
Remarks. P. peronii has a range of body colors that includes pale translucent white, yellow, brown and deep purple ( Rudman, 1999). Specimens examined in this study were yellow to reddish orange in body color. Also, brighter colors were shown in younger specimens.
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Pleurobranchus peronii Cuvier, 1804
Jung, Daewui, Lee, Jongrak & Kim, Chang-Bae 2014 |
Pleurobranchus hirasei
Okutani, T. 2000: 771 |
Baba, K. 1971: 25 |
Pleurobranchus peronii
Gosliner, T. M. & D. W. Behrens & A. Valdes 2008: 100 |
Tryon, G. W. & H. A. Pilsbry 1895: 207 |
Cuvier, G. 1804: 266 |