65. Placida verticilata Ortea, 1982

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Material examined. HMM, 12 spcs, H = 2–4 mm, MCC.

Ecology. Inside and among the branches of Codium spp. in rocky bottoms (intertidal to 5 m deep). Distribution. ABC Islands, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, USA, Venezuela (El Horcón, Macanao, Margarita Island: Caballer 2007). Amphiatlantic (Valdés et al. 2006; García & Bertsch 2009). Remarks. Placida dendritica is a supposedly cosmopolitan species, difficult to distinguish from P. verticilata, however, previous studies based on material from various Caribbean locations (Caballer 2007), suggest that the records of P. dendritica from the Caribbean actually belong to P. verticilata . Venezuela is the southern limit of the distribution of this species.