Hypselodoris fucata Gosliner & Johnson, 1999

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 : 33

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

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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6025863

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scientific name

Hypselodoris fucata Gosliner & Johnson, 1999
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Hypselodoris fucata Gosliner & Johnson, 1999 View in CoL

( Figures 7 L View FIGURE 7 , 10 A View FIGURE 10 )

Material examined. Five specimens. MB28-004602, ZAR, 12 Jul. 2016, 32m, 32mm; MB28-004684, ZMC, 13 Jun. 2014, 8m, 82mm; MB28-004791, ZKW, 0 6 Jan. 2014, 48m, 40mm; MB28-004792, ZKW, 0 6 Jan. 2014, 48m, 29mm; MHN-YT 1221, 10 May 2014, POD, 18m, 21mm.

Habitats. Subtropical rocky reefs and wreck.

Occurrences. Ponta do Ouro and Zavora.

Geographic distribution. Western Indian Ocean. Kenya (Gosliner et al. 2008) , South Africa ( Gosliner & Johnson 1999) and Mozambique .

Remarks. This species is closely related to H. kaname from the Pacific Ocean, differing externally by the presence of longitudinal white lines and internally by details of the radula and jaw rodlets ( Johnson & Gosliner 1999). In one of the specimens collected by us the white lines running from the back of each rhinophore were reduced ( Fig. 10 A View FIGURE 10 ). This species was found mating with a second morphotype with obvious white lines ( Fig. 7 L View FIGURE 7 ). Thus, caution is required when using such characteristics as a diagnostic feature.

ZAR

Institut de Paleontologie du Museum National d'Historie Naturelle

ZMC

Deptment of Biology, Zunyi Medical College

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