Phyllidiella rosans ( Bergh, 1873 )
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https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4359.1.1 |
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lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8D06174D-B19F-4B5C-B9B0-DA74E6D43C75 |
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6026020 |
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https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EB87A2-FFEC-FFB8-9790-FCC1FE93FAB6 |
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Phyllidiella rosans ( Bergh, 1873 ) |
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Phyllidiella rosans ( Bergh, 1873) View in CoL
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Material examined. One specimen. ZMBN117065, POD, 11 May 2014, 16m, 32mm.
Habitats. Subtropical rocky reef.
Occurrences. Ponta do Ouro.
Geographic distribution. Indo-west, central Pacific. Hawaii ( Brunckhorst 1993; Gosliner et al. 2008), French Polynesia ( Brunckhorst 1993), Japan, Papua New Guinea, Malaysia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Marshall Islands, Oman, Maldives (Gosliner et al. 2008), British Indian Ocean Territory ( Yonow et al. 2002), India ( Apte 2009; Remakrishna et al. 2010), Mauritius, Réunion Island ( Brunckhorst 1993) and Mozambique.
Remarks. This species has several pink longitudinal ridges formed by rounded tubercles. The foot sole is grey and the oral tentacles are pale grey ( Brunckhorst 1993). This species resembles P. zeylanica but it can be distinguished in the field by its ventral colouration and smooth tubercles. This species is likely to be part of a species complex as the ridges are more frequently interrupted in Pacific Ocean specimens than in Indian Ocean animals (Gosliner et al. 2008). The collected specimen exhibited two mid-dorsal ridge interruptions posterior to the rhinophores.
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