Glossodoris pallida ( Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830 )

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 : 23

Glossodoris pallida ( Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830)

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Material examined. Eight specimens. MHN-YT1199, POC, 0 8 May 2014, 18m, 16mm, collected by J. Wright; MB28-004836, POC, 0 8 May 2014, POC, 17m, 31mm; MB28-004854, 2 spcs., POD, 11 May 2014, 15m, 27 and 30mm; MB28-004878, NHR, 29 May 2014, 7m, 8mm; MB28-004881, NHR, 0 1 Jun. 2014, 9m, 18mm; MB28- 0 0 4885 & MB28-004886, NFA, 0 2 Jun. 2014, 12m, 29mm and 14mm, respectively.

Habitats. Subtropical rocky reefs and tropical coral reefs.

Occurrences. Ponta do Ouro, Inhaca Island, Zavora and Nuarro.

Geographic distribution. Indian Ocean. Red Sea ( Debelius 1996), Gulf of Oman ( Fatemi & Attaran-Fariman 2015), South Africa (Gosliner et al. 2008), Madagascar and Mozambique ( Matsuda & Gosliner 2017).

Remarks: Matsuda & Gosliner (2017) presented a molecular review of several Glossodoris from the Indo- Pacific and show that the species from the western Pacific Ocean differs genetically and internally from G. pallida .

Figures

FIGURE 5. A, Glossodoris cincta (MB28-004774). B, Glossodoris gregorius (MB28-004428). C, Glossodoris hikuerensis (MB28-004853). D. Glossodoris pallida (MB28-004885). E. Glossodoris sp. 1 (MB28-004642). F, Glossodoris sp. 2 (MB28- 004943). G, Glossodoris sp. 3 (MB28-004861). H, Goniobranchus albonares (MB28-004789). I, Goniobranchus albopunctatus (MB28-004819). J, Goniobranchus cf. alderi (MB28-004446). K–L, Goniobranchus alius (MB28-004540 and MB28-005018, respectively).