Hypselodoris nigrostriata (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 : 37

Hypselodoris nigrostriata (Eliot, 1904)

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Material examined. Eight specimens. MB28-004841, POB, 0 9 May 2014, 18m, 14mm, collected by J. Stromvoll; MHN-YT1559, ZA51, 12 Jun. 2015, 11m, 9mm; ZMBN117017, ZRP, 20 Apr. 2011, 1m, 20mm; ZMBN117028, ZWH, 0 9 Jun. 2012, 17m, 32mm, collected by A. Roseblum; ZMBN117059, POA, 0 7 May 2014, 15m, 14mm; MB28-004939, ZA51, 27 Oct. 2014, 13m, 22mm; MB28-004959, ZJS, 28 Jan. 2015, 12m, 16mm. MB28-005085, ZRP, 26 Sep. 2015, 0.5m, 25mm.

Habitats. Subtropical tidal reefs and rocky reefs.

Occurrences. Ponta do Ouro and Zavora.

Geographic distribution. Indian Ocean. India ( Ramakrishna et al. 2010), British Indian Ocean Territory ( Debelius 1996; Yonow et al. 2002), Gulf of Oman ( Fatemi & Attaran-Fariman 2015), Red Sea (Gosliner et al. 2008), Tanzania ( Rudman 1977) and Mozambique.

Remarks. Gosliner et al. (2015) suggest an Indian Ocean distribution, however there are photographic records of specimens of similar appearance from Taiwan ( Huang et al. 2015) and other locations in the Pacific (e.g. Rudman 2009a). Because H. nigrostriata is externally very similar to H. zephyra Gosliner & R. Jonson, 1999 , the correct distribution of this species can only be confirmed with additional examination of specimens from the Pacific.

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FIGURE 10. A, Hypselodoris fucata (MB28-004792). B, Hypselodoris ghardaqana (MB28-004944). C–D, Hypselodoris infucata (MB28-004470 and MB28-005084). E, Hypselodoris kanga (MB28-004536). F–I, Hypselodoris maculosa (MB28- 004714, MB28-005022, MHN-YT1054 and MB28-004902, respectively). J, Hypselodoris maridadilus (MB28-004860). K, Hypselodoris nigrolineata (MB28-005007).L, Hypselodoris nigrostriata (MB28-005085).