Placida verticilata Ortea, 1982

Gutiérrez, Manuel Caballer, Ortea, Jesús, Rivero, Nelsy, Tucker, Gabriela Carias, Malaquias, Manuel António E. & Narciso, Samuel, 2015, The opisthobranch gastropods (Mollusca: Heterobranchia) from Venezuela: an annotated and illustrated inventory of species, Zootaxa 4034 (2), pp. 201-256 : 225

65. Placida verticilata Ortea, 1982

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Material examined. HMM, 12 spcs, H = 2–4 mm, MCC.

Ecology. Inside and among the branches of Codium spp. in rocky bottoms (intertidal to 5 m deep). Distribution. ABC Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, USA, Venezuela (El Horcón, Macanao, Margarita Island: Caballer 2007). Amphiatlantic (Valdés et al. 2006; García & Bertsch 2009). Remarks. Placida dendritica is a supposedly cosmopolitan species, difficult to distinguish from P. verticilata , however, previous studies based on material from various Caribbean locations (Caballer 2007), suggest that the records of P. dendritica from the Caribbean actually belong to P. verticilata . Venezuela is the southern limit of the distribution of this species.

Figures

FIGURE 3. A, Phyllaplysia engeli. B, Stylocheilus striatus. C, Berthella agassizii. D, Lobiger souverbii. E, Oxynoe antillarum. F, Elysia crispata. G, Elysia ornata. H, Elysia flava. I, Elysia tuca. J, Elysia cauze. K, Cyerce habanensis. L, Ercolania fuscata. M, Placida verticilata. N, Costasiella nonatoi. Ο, Cylindrobulla beauii.