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).