Phyllidia alyta Yonow, 1996

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 : 57

Phyllidia alyta Yonow, 1996

(Figs. Figure 19 B–C )

Material examined. Seven specimens. MHN-YT996, VISP, 12 Aug. 2013, 2m, 12mm; MB28-004883, 0 1 Jun. 2014, NHR, 9m, 43mm; ZMBN105097, VIPP, 15 May 2015, 10– 20m, 24mm, collected by Y. Tibiriçá & M. Malaquias; ZMBN105101, VIES3, 16 May 2015, 7m, 25mm, collected by Y. Tibiriçá & M. Malaquias; ZMBN105142, VIPP, 19 May 2015, 7– 12m, 42mm, collected by Y. Tibiriçá & M. Malaquias; ZMBN105576 VINR, 24 May 2015, 15m, 23mm, collected by Y. Tibiriçá & M. Malaquias; ZMBN105593, PP, 28 May 2015, 12m, 30mm.

Habitats. Tropical coral reefs.

Occurrences. Nuarro and Vamizi Island.

Geographic distribution. Indian Ocean. Myanmar (Gosliner et al. 2008), India ( Apte 2009; Remakrishna et al. 2010), Maldives, Mauritius ( Yonow 1996) and Mozambique.

Figures

FIGURE 19. A, Sclerodoris tuberculata (MB28-005086). B–C, Phyllidia alyta (MB28-004883) dorsal and ventral view.D–E, Phyllidia coelestis (MB28-004781 and MB28-004896, respectively). F–G Phyllidia cf. haegeli (ZMBN117018) dorsal and ventral view. H–I, Phyllidia marindica (MB28-004780) dorsal and ventral view. J, Phyllidia ocellata (MB28-005092). K–L, Phyllidia varicosa (MB28-004450) dorsal and ventral view.