Eurylepta cornuta var. melobesiarum (Schmidtlein, 1880)

Figs 1C, 6

Material examined

CAPE VERDE • 1 spec.; São Vicente Island, Baía das Gatas; 16°54′09.33″ N, 24°54′25.25″ W (Fig. 1C V 2); May 2017; Leopoldo Moro leg.; RCCN .

Distribution

Ireland (Thompson 1845); Norway (M̹ller 1776); northwest France (Keferstein 1868); United Kingdom (Gamble 1893).

New record

S„o Vicente Island, Cape Verde.

Description

Body shape oval. Length 0.5 cm. Smooth dorsal surface; background color red-orange, with white dots scattered over the dorsal surface (Fig. 6 A–C). Ventral sucker in the posterior half of the body (Fig. 6F). Small tentacles. Few tentacular eyes distributed frontally and at the base of the tentacles. Cerebral eyes fused in a single elongated oval cluster (Fig. 6B). Ruffled pharynx located at the anterior third of the body. Oral pore posterior to the cerebral ganglion.

The reproductive system coincides with the original description, presenting the characteristic fold in front of the female genital pore mentioned by Lang (1884) for some specimens (Fig. 6 D–F).