Hypselodoris regina Marcus & Marcus, 1970

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 regina Marcus & Marcus, 1970

( Figure 11 B )

Material examined. Fourteen specimens. MHN-YT114, ZWH, 0 2 Feb. 2012, 18 m, 37mm; MB28-004447, ZGWS, 0 2 Feb. 2012, 20 m, 42mm; UL-YT118, ZWH, 0 2 Feb. 2012, 23 mm, 16m; MB28-004449, ZGWS, 0 2 Feb. 2012, 22 m, 18mm; MB28-004454, ZWH, 0 5 Feb. 2012, 20 m, 31mm, collected by L. Robisson; MB28-004455, ZWH, 0 5 Feb. 2012, 18 m, 41mm, collected by L. Robisson; MB28-004456, ZWH, 0 5 Feb. 2012, 18 m, 38mm, collected by P. Velho; MB28-004544, ZSC, 14 May 2012, 22m, 10mm; ZMBN117025, ZA51, 27 May 2012, 13m, 32mm; ZMBN117037, ZSC, 13 May 2013, 22m, 30mm; ZMBN117 0 64, POD, 11 May, 2014, 15m, 27mm; MB28- 0 0 4859, POA, 10 May 2014, 42m, 32mm; MB28-004910, NKA, 13 Jun. 2014, 20 m, 37mm; MB28-004 950, ZLC, 27 Dec. 2014, 15 m, 33mm.

Habitats. Subtropical rocky reefs and tropical coral reefs.

Occurrences. Ponta do Ouro, Zavora and Nacala.

Geographic distribution. Western Indian Ocean. Tanzania ( Rudman 1977) , Madagascar ( Marcus & Marcus 1970), South Africa (Gosliner et al. 2008) and Mozambique (Gosliner et al. 2008).

Remarks. This species presents some colour variation, predominantly the thickness of the orange bands and the shape of the black lines.

Figures

FIGURE 11. A, Hypselodoris pulchella (MB28-004553). B, Hypselodoris regina (ZMBN117025). C, Hypselodoris rudmani (MB28-004471). D, Mexichromis cf. katalexis (MHN-YT672). E–F, Mexichromis sp. (MB28-004587 and MB28-004850, respectively). G–H. Miamira magnifica (MB28-004948 and MB28-004986, respectively). I, Miamira miamirana (MB28- 004907).J, Miamira moloch (MB28-004921). K, Miamira sinuata (MB28-005102). L, Thorunna africana (MB28-004889).