Gymnodoris ceylonica (Kelaart, 1858)

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 : 79

publication ID

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

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6026143

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scientific name

Gymnodoris ceylonica (Kelaart, 1858)
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Gymnodoris ceylonica (Kelaart, 1858)

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Material examined. Four specimens. MB28-004413, BL, 25 Nov. 2010, 2m, 35mm; MB28-004429, BL, 17 Nov. 2011, 4m, 30mm; MB28-00 4430, BL, 17 Nov. 2011, 4m, 30mm; MHN-YT1038, VIAIR, 12 Dec. 2013, 4m, 33mm.

Habitats. Subtropical and tropical seagrass.

Occurrences. Barra, Nuarro and Vamizi Island.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west, central Pacific. French Polynesia, Marshall Islands, Tonga, Guam, Japan, Solomon Islands (Gosliner et al. 2008), Guam ( Carlson & Hoff 2003), Taiwan ( Huang et al. 2015), Sri Lanka (Kelaart 1858), Australia, Thailand ( Mehrotra & Scott 2015), India ( Apte 2009), Indonesia, Red Sea ( Debelius 1996), Réunion Island, Seychelles (Gosliner et al. 2008) and Mozambique ( Macnae & Kalk 1958).

Remarks. A mating aggregation with several individuals laying eggs was observed in November 2011 during the austral summer. A similar aggregation was previously observed Taiwan ( Huang et al. 2015).

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