Nembrotha purpureolineata O'Donoghue, 1924

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 : 74

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.6026092

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EB87A2-FF99-FFCD-9790-FF1BFBE5FDFA

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Plazi

scientific name

Nembrotha purpureolineata O'Donoghue, 1924
status

 

Nembrotha purpureolineata O'Donoghue, 1924 View in CoL

( Figure 24 E View FIGURE 24 )

Material examined. Five specimens. MB28-004445, ZGWS, 0 2 Feb. 2012, 17 m, 51mm; MHN-YT145, ZWH, 0 5 Feb. 2012, 17, 57mm; MB28-004488, ZGWN, 19 Feb. 2012, 28 m, 71mm, collected by P. Velho; MB28-004489, ZGWN, 19 Feb. 2012, 27 m, 62mm, collected by S. Bruck; MB28-004490, ZGWN, 19 Feb. 2012, 27 m, 58mm, collected by S. Bruck.

Habitats. Subtropical rocky reefs.

Occurrences. Ponta do Ouro, Zavora and Paindane.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west Pacific. Australia ( Pola et al. 2008; Nimbs & Smith 2016), Indonesia ( Yonow 2011) and Mozambique (Gosliner et al. 2008, 2015).

Remarks. This species has been observed feeding on the ascidian Clavelina spp.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Nudibranchia

Family

Polyceridae

Genus

Nembrotha

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