Asteronotus, 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 : 46

Asteronotus sp.

( Figures 13 L , 15)

Material examined. Two specimens. MB28-004911, NKA, 13 Jun. 2014, 6m, 92mm; MB28-0 0 5043, NFA, 9m, 23 Aug. 2016, 9m, 150mm.

Habitats. Tropical coral reefs and areas with coral bommies and seagrass, often crawling on sand.

Occurrences. Nacala and Nuarro.

Geographic distribution. Western Indian Ocean. Tanzania ( Alfred 2011 as Dendrodoris sp.), Seychelles ( Debelius & Kuiter 2007 as Dendrodoris tuberculosa ( Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) and Mozambique.

Remarks. Both specimens were found crawling on the sand. This species bears lateral teeth with an elevated base giving a convex appearance ( Fig.15), which is typical of the genus ( Dayrat 2010).

Figures

FIGURE 13. A, Thorunna australis (MB28-004823). B, Thorunna horologia (MB28-005006). C, Thorunna punicea (MB28- 004404).D, Verconia norba (MB28-004715). E. Verconia simplex (MB28-005013). F, Verconia sp. (MB28-005012). G, Aldisa cf. pikokai (MHN-YT1554). H, Aldisa fragaria (MB28-004395). I, Aldisa zavorensis (MB28-004398). J–K, Asteronotus cespitosus (ZMBN105161), dorsal and ventral view. L, Asteronotus sp.(MB28-004911).