Cuthona cf. kanga ( Edmunds, 1970 )

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 : 99

publication ID

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6026311

persistent identifier

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scientific name

Cuthona cf. kanga ( Edmunds, 1970 )
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Cuthona cf. kanga ( Edmunds, 1970)

( Figures 31 A–B View FIGURE 31 )

Material examined. Four specimens. MB28-004622, ZDRS, 23 Sep. 2012, 30m, 4mm; MHN-YT1522, ZRP, 0 6 May 2015, 0.3m, 12mm. MB28-004997 & MB28-004999, ZRP, 0 6 May 2015, 0.3m, 10mm.

Habitats. Subtropical tidal reefs and rocky reefs, often on hydroids.

Occurrences. Zavora.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west Pacific. Australia, Indonesia ( Debelius 1996), Tanzania ( Edmunds 1970), South Africa ( Debelius 1996) and Mozambique.

Remarks. Cuthona kanga was described based on material from Tanzania ( Edmunds 1970). In Edmunds’ (1970) description the species has a bluish-white band across the head, the oral tentacles are gold or orange-yellow at the base and whitish-cream posteriorly. In the specimens examined by us the colour of the oral tentacle, rhinophores and cerata varied. Two morphotypes were collected together indicating that they are likely to belong to the same species ( Fig. 31 A–B View FIGURE 31 ). However, in Gosliner et al. (2015) they are cited as different species. Thus, additional integrative analyses are needed to clarify if C. kanga is a highly variable species or if it represents a species complex.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Nudibranchia

Family

Tergipedidae

Genus

Cuthona

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