Cratena cf. affinis Baba, 1949

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 : 110

publication ID

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

publication LSID

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

DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6026406

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EB87A2-FFBD-FFE9-9790-FF5DFD95FD9E

treatment provided by

Plazi

scientific name

Cratena cf. affinis Baba, 1949
status

 

Cratena cf. affinis Baba, 1949 View in CoL

( Figure 34 F View FIGURE 34 )

Material examined. One specimen. MB28-004427, ZRP, 30 Oct. 2011, 1m, 10mm.

Habitats. Subtropical tidal reef.

Occurrences. Zavora.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west Pacific. Japan ( Baba 1949), Philippines, Malaysia, Indonesia (Gosliner et al. 2008) and Mozambique.

Remarks. First record for the western Indian Ocean. This specimen is very similar to Cratena affinis , except that it has lines on the dorsum rather than spots. Further investigation and additional material are needed to confirm its identity and geographical range.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Nudibranchia

Family

Facelinidae

Genus

Cratena

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