Asteronotus, Ehrenberg, 1831

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 : 46

publication ID

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

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DOI

https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6025927

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scientific name

Asteronotus
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Asteronotus View in CoL sp.

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Material examined. Two specimens. MB28-004911, NKA, 13 Jun. 2014, 6m, 92mm; MB28-0 0 5043, NFA, 9m, 23 Aug. 2016, 9m, 150mm.

Habitats. Tropical coral reefs and areas with coral bommies and seagrass, often crawling on sand.

Occurrences. Nacala and Nuarro.

Geographic distribution. Western Indian Ocean. Tanzania ( Alfred 2011 as Dendrodoris sp.), Seychelles ( Debelius & Kuiter 2007 as Dendrodoris tuberculosa ( Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) and Mozambique.

Remarks. Both specimens were found crawling on the sand. This species bears lateral teeth with an elevated base giving a convex appearance ( Fig.15), which is typical of the genus ( Dayrat 2010).

NKA

Nationales Konsiliarlabor fur Adenoviren

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