Aegires pruvotfolae Fahey & Gosliner, 2004

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 : 78

Aegires pruvotfolae Fahey & Gosliner, 2004

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Material examined. Two specimens. MB28-004537, ZRP, 0 6 May 2012, 1m, 5mm; ZMBN105115, VIMK, 17 May 2015, 0.5m, 6mm.

Habitats. Subtropical rocky reef and tropical seagrass.

Occurrences. Zavora and Vamizi Island.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west, central Pacific. Hawaii ( Fahey &Gosliner 2004; Gosliner et al. 2008), Midway Atoll (Gosliner et al. 2008), Palau ( Fahey &Gosliner 2004; Gosliner et al. 2008), New Caledonia (Pruvot- Fol 1930), Australia, Philippines, Madagascar, Tanzania ( Fahey & Gosliner 2004) and Mozambique.

Remarks. This species was originally described as Aegires citrinus Pruvot-Fol, 1930 and was renamed by Fahey and Gosliner (2004) as A. pruvotfolae to separate from Aegires citrinus ( Bergh 1875) , which was reassigned from Notodoris to Aegires to maintain the monophyly of the genus Aegires . Bouchet (2015a) considers A. pruvotfolae as an “unnecessary nom. nov” in the database WoRMS; however, as this species is different from A. citrinus we consider A. pruvotfolae to be the correct name for the Mozambican specimens.

Figures

FIGURE 25. A–B, Kaloplocamus acutus (MB28-004683 and MB28-004741, respectively). C, Limacia sp. (MB28-004598). D, Plocamopherus ceylonicus (MB28-004631). E, Plocamopherus margaritae (YTMB28-005088). F, Plocamopherus sp. (MB28-004856). G, Aegires pruvotfolae (MB28-004537). H, Aegires villosus (MB28-004592). I, Aegires sp. (MB28-004729). I, Gymnodoris ceylonica (MHN-YT1038).K–L, Gymnodoris citrina(MB28-004967 and MB28-004830, respectively).