Doris fontainii d'Orbigny , 1837

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

Doris fontainii d'Orbigny, 1837

Peruvian specimen photographs: Fig. 13

Habitat.

Benthic.

Depth.

8-17 m ( Schrödl and Hooker 2014).

Type material.

Holotype ZSM 19983417. Coliumo Bay, Chile (36°32'S, 72°57'W).

Distribution.

Amphi-South American.

Sampling/reporting sites.

In Peru it was reported in Independencia Bay (14°14'S) ( Schrödl 1996a Schrödl and Grau 2006; Rudman 2002a, 2002b; Uribe et al. 2013), San Fernando National Reserve (14°58′S) ( Ampuero 2010), and recently in Arequipa (15-17°S) ( Valdivia-Chavez et al. 2020). Other reports (occurrences) for this species in the Peruvian coast are Pucusana, Ilo, Marcona, Pisco, Islay and Camaná, ( iNaturalist 2023e). In Chile it was reported in Arica (18°28'S), Coquimbo (29°57'S), Dichato (36°32'S), Puerto Montt (41°27'S) ( Valdés and Muniaín 2002; Schrödl 2003), and the Chonos Archipelago (45°08′S) ( Schrödl and Grau 2006). In Argentina, it was collected from 37°50'S to Rada Tilly (45°55'S) ( Valdés and Muniaín 2002).

Remarks.

Erroneously named as Doris fontainei in previous articles.

Superfamily Onchidoridoidea Gray, 1827

Family Corambidae Bergh, 1871

Figures

Figure 13. Doris fontainii, courtesy of Jaime Calvo-Perez.