Phyllaplysia engeli Er. Marcus, 1955

Delgado, Marlon, Freire, Fúlvio Aurélio de Morais, Meirelles, Carlos Augusto Oliveira de, Padula, Vinicius, Bahia, Juliana & Brandão, Simone Nunes, 2022, Sea slugs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Rio Grande do Norte, Northeastern Brazil, Papéis Avulsos de Zoologia 62, pp. 1-26 : 10

16. Phyllaplysia engeli Er. Marcus, 1955 ( Fig. 3A )

Material examined: Praia de Santa Rita, Extremoz, 04.IV.2014, three specimens, 5-6 mm (body length), leg. M. Delgado ( GEEFAA 342). Praia de Pirambúzios, Nísia Floresta, 12.III.2009, one specimen, 15 mm (body length), leg. J. Bahia ( GEEFAA 347). Praia de Pirambúzios (mangrove), 13.III.2009, one specimen, 2 mm (body length), leg. V. Padula ( MZSP 97036 as Dolabella sp. ), 28.II.2010, one specimen, 6 mm (body length), phot. reg. M. Delgado, 12.IV.2010, three specimens, 2-8 mm (body length), leg. M. Delgado ( GEEFAA 346). Praia de Baia Formosa, Baia Formosa, 13. V.2014, two specimens, 5-6 mm (body length), leg. M. Delgado ( GEEFAA 351). Praia de Pitangui, Extremoz, 05.III.2019, one specimen, 10 mm (body length), leg. M. Delgado ( GEEFAA 1318).

Description: Body oval and flattened smooth or with low tubercules and papillae. Living specimens measuring about 5-26 mm in length. Head with cylindrical oblique rhinophores and cephalic tentacles projected to the front of animal. Specimens’s color varies from yellow to light brown.

Geographic distribution: Western Atlantic: Aruba, Bahamas, Barbados, Bonaire, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, CuraÇao, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Mexico, Puerto Rico, St.Martín / St.Maarten, USA, Venezuela, Brazil (Ceará, Espírito Santo, Pernambuco, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte – present study, São Paulo) (Er. Marcus, 1955; Ev. Marcus, 1972; García et al., 2008; Galvão-Filho et al., 2015).

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Figure 3. Heterobranchsea slugsfrom Rio Grandedo Norte.(A) Phyllaplysiaengeli (6mm – GEEFAA342);(B)Berthela agassizii(11mm –MZSP 97047);(C) Berthella nebula (7 mm– GEEFAA 1307);(D)Berthella vialactea(14mm – GEEFAA 304);(E) Berthellinaignis (10 mm– GEEFAA 335);(F) Cadlina rumia(10mm – GEEFAA311); (G) Felimida clenchi (9 mm – MZSP 97070); (H) Felimare sp. (13 mm – GEEFAA 313); (I) Tyrinna evelinae (18 mm – GEEFAA 1305); (J) Diaulula greeleyi (20 mm – GEEFAA 259a); (K) Discodoris branneri (70 mm – MZSP 97063); (L) Geitodoris pusae (14 mm – GEEFAA 338); (M.1) Sclerodoris prea (33 mm – GEEFAA 1314); (M.2) Sclerodoris prea (35 mm – GEEFAA1314); (N) Taringa iemanja (25 mm – MZSP 97062);(O) Taringa telopia (18 mm – MZSP 97071).