Dermatobranchus (Gosliner & Fahey, 2011)

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 : 91

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4359.1.1

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:8D06174D-B19F-4B5C-B9B0-DA74E6D43C75

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6026241

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EB87A2-FF8A-FFDE-9790-FE31FBCCFCF1

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Dermatobranchus
status

 

Dermatobranchus View in CoL sp. 2

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Material examined. One specimen. MB28-004682, ZA 51, 12 Jun. 2015, 13m, 18mm.

Habitats. Subtropical rocky reef.

Occurrences. Zavora.

Geographic distribution. Western Indian Ocean. Mozambique .

Remarks. This specimen has some similarities to Dermatobranchus semilunus Gosliner & Fahey, 2011 , however the oral veil has a distinctive median notch, which is not mentioned to D. semilunus . Another similar species is Dermatobranchus phyllodes Gosliner & Fahey, 2011 which does have a clear median notch, but is paler in colour and presents a much more prominent diagonal ridges ( Gosliner & Fahey 2011).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Nudibranchia

Family

Arminidae

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