Phyllidia ocellata Cuvier, 1804

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 ocellata Cuvier, 1804

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Material examined. Seven specimens. ZMBN117022, ZAR, 20 Feb. 2012, 32m, 25mm; MB28-005092, ZSC, 14 May 2012, 22m, 39mm; ZMBN117035, ZWH, 0 8 Mar. 2013, 15m, 13mm; MB28-004667, ZY, 26 Apr. 2013, 33m, 25mm; ZMBN117060, POA, 0 8 May 2014, 41m, 4–9mm; ZMBN117078, NKA, 13 Jun. 2014, 20m, 45mm; ZMBN105569, VPP, 23 May 2015, 34m, 44mm, collected by Y. Tibiriçá & M. Malaquias.

Habitats. Subtropical rocky reefs and tropical coral reefs.

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

Geographic distribution. Indo-west Pacific. Marshall Islands, Guam, Japan, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Australia (Gosliner et al. 2008), Indonesia ( Yonow 1996), India (Remakrishna et al. 2010), Thailand, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Oman ( Debelius 1996), Mauritius, Seychelles, Madagascar, Tanzania, South Africa (Gosliner et al. 2008) 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.