Glaucus atlanticus Forster, 1777

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

Glaucus atlanticus Forster, 1777

Habitat.

Pelagic.

Depth.

Neustonic ( Churchill et al. 2014b).

Type material.

Not available.

Distribution.

Cosmopolitan and circumtropical ( Churchill et al. 2014b; Thompson and McFarlane 1967).

Sampling/reporting sites.

Off the northern coast of Chile ( Schrödl 2003). On the coast of El Salvador (13°N) ( Segovia and López 2015). In Peru, it was mentioned by Paredes et al. (1999) and Ramírez et al. (2003) based on the records of d’Orbigny (1854) in Callao (10°15'S). Recently reported in Isla Santa, Ancash (09°01'S) by Uribe et al. (2013).

Remarks.

Included in Paredes et al. (1999), probably based on a personal communication with Sandra Millen. The records of Glaucus distichoicus d’Orbigny, 1837 ( d’Orbigny 1854; Dall 1909; Paredes et al. 1999; Ramírez et al. 2003) do not have enough evidence to formalize the species within the genus Glaucus and could refer to G. atlanticus .

Superfamily Arminoidea Iredale & O’Donoghue, 1923 (1841)

Family Arminidae Iredale & O’Donoghue, 1923 (1841)