Sakuraeolis, Baba, 1965

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 : 117

Sakuraeolis sp. 1

( Figure 36 F )

Material examined. Six specimens. MHN-YT44, ZWH, 13 May 2010, 18 m, 21mm; MB28-004418, ZGWS, 0 9 Aug. 2010, 20 m, 13mm; MB28-004480, ZA 51, 12m, 13mm; MB28-004523, ZWH, 14 Mar. 2012, 16 m, 22mm – 30mm; MB28-004663, ZWH, 0 8 Mar. 2013, 17 m, 40mm; ZMBN 117061, POB, 0 9 May 2014, 18 m, 4mm.

Habitats. Subtropical rocky reef, often on hydroids Eudendrium sp.

Occurrences. Ponta do Ouro and Zavora.

Geographic distribution. Western Indian Ocean. Mozambique .

Remarks. This is one of the most common species on the subtropical Mozambican coast. Dawn Diamond from Queen’s University of Belfast, N. Ireland, UK, has studied this species and is preparing a manuscript with a formal description (D. Diamond pers. communication).

Figures

FIGURE 36. A–D, Pteraeolidia semperi (MB28-004475, MB28-004957, MB28-004840 and MB28-004531, respectively). E, Sakuraeolis kirembosa (MB28-004961). F, Sakuraeolis sp. (MB28-004523).G, Sakuraeolis sp. 2 (MB28-004813). H, Glaucus atlanticus (MB28-004558). I, Glaucus marginatus (MZUSP110979).