Chromodoris africana Eliot, 1904

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 : 17

Chromodoris africana Eliot, 1904

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Material examined. Ten specimens. UL-YT70, TO, 18 Nov. 2011, 30m, 68mm; MB28-00 4443, ZWH, 0 2 Feb. 2012, 18m, 50mm, collected by S. Bruck; MHN-YT132, ZWH, 0 5 Feb. 2012, 17m, 24mm, collected by P. Velho; MB28-004472, ZRP, 0 7 Feb. 2012, 2m, 35mm; MB28-004492, ZGWS, 20 Feb. 2012, 20m, 62mm; MB28-004554, ZGWS, 0 2 Jun. 2012, 20m, 62mm; MB28-004793, ZWH, 11 Jan. 2014, 17m, 25mm; ZMBN94234, ZRP, 0 3 Feb. 2014, 1m, 60mm; MB28-0 0 4970, ZY, 27 Feb. 2015, 60m, 70mm, collected by J. Wright; MB28-004971, ZY, 27 Feb. 2015, 60m, 62mm, collected by J. Wright.

Habitats. Subtropical tidal reefs, rocky reefs, wrecks and tropical coral reefs.

Occurrences. Ponta do Ouro, Zavora, Nuarro and Vamizi Island.

Geographic distribution. Indian Ocean. Gulf of Oman ( Fatemi & Attaran-Fariman 2015), Red Sea ( Yonow 1989; Debelius 1996), Tanzania (Eliot 1905; Rudman 1977), South Africa ( Gosliner 1987; King & Fraser 2014), Madagascar and Comoros Islands (Gosliner et al. 2008) and Mozambique ( King & Fraser 2014).

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FIGURE 4. A, Chromodoris aspera (MB28-004952). B,Chromodoris africana (MB28-004554). C, Chromodoris cf. boucheti (MB28-004929). D, Chromodoris hamiltoni (MB28-004769). E, Chromodoris mandapamensis (MB28-004931). F, Chromodoris quadricolor (MB28-005040). G, Chromodoris strigata (MB28-004884). H, Chromodoris sp. 1 (MB28-004644). I, Chromodoris sp.2 (MB28-004845).J,Diversidoris crocea (MB28-005024).K–L, Doriprismaticacf. atromarginata(MB28- 004575 and MB28-004908, respectively).