Phyllidiella zeylanica Kelaart, 1859

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 : 63

Phyllidiella zeylanica Kelaart, 1859

( Figure 20 I –J )

Material examined. Five specimens. ZMBN117027, ZSC, 0 8 Jun. 2012, 22m, 48mm; ZMBN117031, ZJS, 26 Jun. 2016, 9m, 38mm; MB28-004817, ZRP, 16 Apr. 2014, 0.5m, 38mm; MHN-YT1272, NGF, 25m, 29mm; ZMBN119704, NMB, 23 Jul. 2016, 25m, 18mm.

Habitats. Subtropical rocky reefs and tropical coral reefs.

Occurrences. Zavora and Nuarro.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west Pacific. Papua New Guinea (Gosliner et al. 2008), Indonesia ( Kelaart 1859), Thailand, Sri Lanka ( Brunckhorst 1993), India ( Apte 2009), Christmas Island, Maldives, Seychelles, ( Yonow 1996, 2012), British Indian Ocean Territory ( Yonow et al. 2002), Mauritius ( Yonow & Hayward 1991), Comoros Islands, Tanzania, Réunion Island (Gosliner et al. 2008), South Africa ( Gosliner 1987) and Mozambique ( King & Fraser 2014).

Figures

FIGURE 20. A–B, Phyllidiella meandrina (ZMBN105095) dorsal and ventral view. C–D, Phyllidiella pustulosa (ZMBN117079) dorsal and ventral view. E–F, Phyllidiella rosans (ZMBN117065). G–H, Phyllidiella striata (ZMBN117076) dorsal and ventral view. I–J, Phyllidiella zeylanica (ZMBN117027) dorsal and ventral view. K–L, Phyllidiopsis cardinalis (ZMBN117066) dorsal and ventral view.