Phyllidia varicosa Lamarck, 1801

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 : 60

Phyllidia varicosa Lamarck, 1801

( Figure 19 K–L )

Material examined. Thirteen specimens. MB28-004450, ZGWS, 0 2 Feb. 2012, 21m, 48mm, collected by S. Bruck; MB28-004476, ZAR, 0 8 Feb. 2012, 32m, 30mm, collected by S. Bruck; MB28-004599, ZWH, 26 Jun. 2012, 16m, 71mm, collected by A. Roseblum; MB28-004660, ZD, 26 Mar. 2013, 30m, 42mm; ZMBN117038, ZY, 0 7 Jun. 2013, 33m, 14mm; ZMBN117068, NGR, 29 May 2014, 20m, 12mm; ZMBN119706, NHR, 25 Jul. 2016, 14m, 85mm, collected by J. Wright; MHN-YT1647b, NHR, 27 Jul. 2016, 12m, 22mm; ZMBN105165, VISP, 22 May 2015, 3m, 40mm, collected by Y. Tibiriçá & M. Malaquias; ZMBN105590, VISP, 25 May 2015, 3m, 38mm; ZMBN105599, 2 spcs., PP, 28 May 2015, 12m, 43 and 45mm, collected by Y. Tibiriçá & M. Malaquias; ZMBN105602, PP, 28 May 2015, 12m, 9mm, collected by Y. Tibiriçá & M. Malaquias.

Habitats. Subtropical rocky reefs and tropical coral reefs often crawling on sand.

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

Geographic distribution. Indo-west, central Pacific. Hawaii ( Debelius 1996), French Polynesia, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Japan (Gosliner et al. 2008), Guam ( Carlson & Hoff 2003), Australia ( Cheney et al. 2014), Indonesia ( Yonow 2011), Thailand ( Mehrotra & Scott 2015), Philippines, Vietnam ( Brunckhorst 1993), India ( Apte 2009; Remakrishna et al. 2010), Sri Lanka, Red Sea ( Debelius 1996), Réunion Island ( Cuvier 1804), Madagascar ( Risbec 1929), Seychelles (Edmunds 1972), Tanzania ( Edmunds 1971), South Africa ( Gosliner 1987) and Mozambique ( King & Fraser 2014).

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.