Itaxia falklandica (Eliot, 1907)

Grandez, Alessandra, Ampuero, Andre & Barahona, Sergio P., 2023, Peruvian nudibranchs (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Heterobranchia): an updated literature review-based list of species, ZooKeys 1176, pp. 117-163 : 117

Itaxia falklandica (Eliot, 1907)

Habitat.

Benthic.

Depth.

1-15 m ( Schrödl 1996a).

Type material.

Not available.

Distribution.

Abundant in the Magellanic Province, in the Southeast Pacific ( Aldea et al. 2011; Velasco-Charpentier et al. 2021) and with records in the South Atlantic ( Eliot 1907; Odhner 1926, 1944), Pacific Ocean ( Marcus 1959; Meyers-Muñoz et al. 2009; Schrödl 1996a, 2003), and Indian Ocean ( Odhner 1944).

Remarks.

It was included in the list of mollusks of Peru by Paredes et al. (1999) as Flabellina falklandica ( Eliot 1907); this information was repeated by Ramírez et al. (2003).

According to Uribe et al. (2013), its presence in Peru requires confirmation since the inclusion by Paredes et al. (1999) was based on unfounded records.