Glossodoris hikuerensis ( Pruvot-Fol, 1954 )

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 hikuerensis ( Pruvot-Fol, 1954)

( Figure 5 C )

Material examined. Three specimens. MB28-004853, POD, 11 May 2014, 16m, 36mm; MB28-0 0 5001, VIPP, 23 May 2015, 8m, 32mm; MHN-YT1660, NHR, 2 Oct. 2016, 8m, 75mm.

Habitats. Subtropical rocky reefs and tropical coral reefs.

Occurrences. Ponta do Ouro, Vamizi Island and Nuarro.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west, central Pacific. Marshall Islands (Matsuda & Gosliner 2008), Guam ( Carlson & Hoff 2003), French Polynesia, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia (Gosliner et al. 2008), Philippines (Matsuda & Gosliner 2008), Australia ( Johnson 2009), Fiji, Christmas Island, Maldives, Red Sea, Kenya, Seychelles ( Debelius 1996), South Africa ( Gosliner 1987), Madagascar (Gosliner et al. 2008) and Mozambique.

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).