Caloria indica ( Bergh, 1896 )

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 : 108

Caloria indica ( Bergh, 1896)

( Figure 34 D–E )

Material examined. Ten specimens. MB28-004534, ZSC, 14 May 2012, 22m, 10mm; MB28-004581, ZRP, 19 Jun. 2012, 1m, 20mm, collected by A. Roseblum; MB28-004583, ZRP, 20 Jun. 2012, 1m, 14mm; MB28-004585, ZRP, 20 Jun. 2012, 1m, 29mm; MB28-0 0 4690, ZGWS, 25 Jun. 2013, 20m, 12mm. MHN-YT1175, POA, 0 7 May 2014, 15m, 7mm; MB28-004832, POB, 0 8 May 2014, 18m, 17mm; MB28-0 0 4976 & MB28-004978, 23 Feb. 2015, ZRP, 0.5m, both 7mm; MB28-004994, ZRP, 0 5 May 2015, 0.3m, 12mm.

Habitats. Subtropical tidal reefs and rocky reefs.

Occurrences. Ponta do Ouro and Zavora.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west, central Pacific. Hawaii, Japan, Australia, Indonesia ( Gosliner 1987), Fiji, Solomon Islands, New Caledonia, Christmas Island, Oman, Seychelles (Gosliner et al. 2008), Tanzania, South Africa ( Gosliner 1987) and Mozambique.

Remarks. The colour is variable. The dorsum ranged from translucent white to dark orange. The rhinophores in one morphotype have an orange base, yellow middle and orange top and in another, orange base bluish middle and yellow top.

Figures

FIGURE 34. A, Cerberilla ambonensis (ZMBN105583). B, Cerberilla sp. ZMBN105157. C, Limenandra confusa (MB28- 004710). D–E, Caloria indica (MB28-004832 and MB28-004581, respectively). F, Cratena cf. affinis (MB28-004427). G. Cratena cf. lineata (MB28-004438). H. Cratena simba (MB28-004600). I, Cratena sp. (MB28-004572). J, Facelina lineata (MB28-004752).K, Facelina rhodopos (MB28-004887). L, Favorinus japonicas (MB28-004824).