Glossodoris, Ehrenberg, 1831

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 : 23-24

Glossodoris sp. 2

( Figure 5 F )

Material examined. Fifteen specimens. MB28-004414 & MB28-004415, ZA51, 13 Jun. 2010, 12m, 13mm and 18mm, respectively; MHN-YT77, ZA51, 15 Nov. 2011, 12m, 22mm; MB28-00 4444, ZWH, 0 2 Feb. 2012, 17m, 33mm; ZMBN117019, ZWH, 0 5 Feb. 2012, 18m, 27mm; ZMBN117023, ZY, 13 May 2012, 36m, 32mm; MB28- 0 0 4615 & MB28-004616, ZA51, 23 Aug. 2012, 13m, 12mm and 11mm, respectively, collected by S. Brumme; MB28-004618, ZRP, 23 Aug. 2012, 1m, 14mm; UL-YT655, ZWH, 23 Nov. 2012, 16m, 28mm; MB28-004676, ZRP, 25 May 2013, 1m, 14mm; MB28-004794, BB, 23 Jan. 2014, 10m, 24mm; MB28-004 938, ZRP, 10 Oct. 2014, 0.5m, 20mm; MB28-004943, ZA51, 27 Oct. 2014, 13m, 16mm; ZMBN119696, ZJS, 28 Jan. 2015, 12m, 20mm.

Habitats. Subtropical tidal reefs and rocky reefs.

Occurrences. Ponta do Ouro and Zavora.

Geographic distribution. Western Indian Ocean. South Africa ( Gosliner 1987) and Mozambique ( King & Fraser 2014).

Remarks. This species differs externally from Matsuda & Gosliner (2017) Glossodoris sp. A and Glossodoris pallida by the absence of opaque white marks on the dorsum and is likely to be undescribed (Gosliner et al. 2008, 2015).

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).