Halgerda wasinensis 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 : 49

Halgerda wasinensis Eliot, 1904

( Figure 16 G–I )

Material examined. Sixty-one specimens. MB28-004416, ZKW, 0 6 Jun. 2010, 50m, 16mm; MB28-004439, MB28-004440, MB28-004441, MB28-004442, MHN-YT105, MHN-YT106, ZGWS, 0 2 Feb. 2012, 17– 22m, 14– 42mm; UL-YT136, ZWH, 0 5 Feb. 2012, 18m, 41mm; MHN-YT146, MB28-004460, MB28-004461, ZWH, 0 5 Feb. 2012, 16– 18m, 12–40mm; MB28-004566, ZRP, 0 7 Jun. 2012, 2m, 19mm; MB28-004 655, ZDN, 0 8 Mar. 2013, 60m, 17mm; MB28-004678, ZRP, 25 May 2013, 0.5m, 48mm; MB28-004696, ZY, 18 Aug. 2013, 33m, 38mm; MB28-004701, ZWH, 2 Aug. 2013, 15m, 39mm; MB28-005 0 75, ZAR, 0 2 Aug. 2013, 33m, 39m; MB28- 0 0 4709, ZRP, 0 8 Aug. 2013, 0.5m, 24mm; MB28-004717, MB28-004720, ZT, 11 Aug. 2013, 33– 45mm, 22 and 44mm; MB28-004749, PA, 12 Oct. 2013, 25m, 38mm; MB28-004751, ZRP, 19 Oct. 2013, 0.5m, 34mm; MB28- 0 0 4770, VISP, 12 Aug. 2013, 4m, 11mm; MB28-004 779, VPP, 13 Dec. 2013, 10m, 19mm; ZMBN11 7053, ZWH, 11 Jan. 2014, 18m, 30mm; ZMBN117053, ZMBN117055, BB, 23 Jan. 2014, 10m, 35 and 38mm, respectively; MB28-004795, 3spcs. BB, 23 Jan. 2014, 10m, 28–32mm; MB28-004797, MB28-004798, PAE, 0 1 Feb. 2014, 0.3m, 20–22mm; MB28-004805, 2 spcs., ZWH, 0 8 Mar. 2014, 16m, 36–38mm; MB28-004808, 28 Mar. 2014, ZWH, 16m, 25mm; MB28-004810, 4 Apr. 2014, PAE, 23m, 44mm; MB28-0 0 4826, POA, 0 7 May 2014, 15m, 24mm; MB28-004851, 2 spcs., POD, 11 May 2014, 15m, 42–43mm; MB28-00 4918, 3 spcs., PMP, 23 Jun. 2014, 20m, 20–28mm; MB28-004 951, ZLC, 27 Dec. 2014, 15m, 30mm; MB28-0 0 4963, ZSC, 28 Jan. 2015, 21m, 35mm; MB28-004968, ZY, 24 Feb. 2015, 31m, 32mm; MB28-004972, ZAR, 0 8 Mar. 2015, 32m, 21mm; MB28- 0 0 4973, ZRP, 21 Mar. 2015, 0.5m, 30mm; MHN-YT1501, ZDN, 25 Mar. 2015, 60m, 10mm, collected by J. Wright; MB28-005002, MHN-YT1551, VPP, 18 May 2015, 8– 12m, 19–38mm; MB28-005008, ZA51, 12 Jun. 2015, 11m, 32mm; MB28-005023, NGF, 24 Feb. 2016, 32mm, 32m; ZMBN105600, PP, 28 May 2015, 12m, 14mm.

Habitats. Subtropical tidal reefs, rocky reefs and tropical coral reefs.

Occurrences. Ponta do Ouro, Zavora, Pomene, Nuarro, Pemba and Vamizi Island .

Geographic distribution. Indian Ocean. Maldives ( Yonow 1994), Christmas Island, Madagascar (Gosliner et al. 2008), South Africa ( Gosliner 1987), Kenya, Tanzania ( Rudman 1978) and Mozambique.

Remarks. The base colour of this species varies from light, translucent-white to dark brown.

Figures

FIGURE 16. A, Carminodoris bifurcata (MB28-004766). B–C, Discodoris coerulescens (ZMBN105166), dorsal and ventral view. D, Halgerda cf. bacalusia (MB28-004874). E, Halgerda dalanghita (MB28-004815). F, Halgera toliara (MB28- 004783). G–I, Halgerda wasiniensis (MB28-004440, MB28-004779 and MB28-004918, respectively). J. Halgerda cf. wasinensis (MB28-005077). K, Halgerda sp. 1 (MB28-004721).L, Halgerda sp. 2 (MB28-004901).