Goniobranchus annulatus (Eliot, 1904)

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 : 25

Goniobranchus annulatus (Eliot, 1904)

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Material examined. Six specimens. MHN-YT290, ZDD, 23 Feb. 2012, 1 m, 9mm; MB28-004538, ZRP, 0 6 May 2012, 1m, 30mm, collected by S. Bruck; MB28-004549, ZRP, 20 May 2012, 2m, 30mm, collected by S. Bruck; MB28-004560, ZRP, 0 4 Jun. 2012, 1 m, 28mm, collected by A. Roseblum; MB28-004608, ZRP, 17 Aug. 2012, 1 m, 34mm, collected by A. Pouris; MB28-004681, BL, 14 May 2012, 0.5m, 14mm.

Habitats. Subtropical tidal reefs, rocky reefs and seagrass.

Occurrences. Zavora and Barra.

Geographic distribution. Indian Ocean. Introduced in the Mediterranean Sea ( Mytilineou et al. 2016) Thailand ( Debelius 1996), Gulf of Oman ( Debelius 1996; Fatemi & Attaran-Fariman 2015), Madagascar (Gosliner et al. 2008), Tanzania (Eliot 1904c), South Africa ( Gosliner 1987) and Mozambique.

Figures

FIGURE 6. A, Goniobranchus annulatus (MB28-004538). B–G, Goniobranchus cavae species complex (MB28-004546, MB28-004946, MB28-004871, MHN-YT1266, MB28-004873 and MB28-004969, respectively). H, Goniobranchus conchyliatus (MB28-004469). I, Goniobranchus decorus (MB28-004594). J, Goniobranchus fidelis (MB28-005039). K, Goniobranchus geminus (MB28-004718). I, Goniobranchus geometricus (MB28-004849).