Euplanoida cf. pacificola (fide Ramos-Sánchez, Bahia & Bastida-Zavala, 2019)

Euplanoida cf. pacificola – Ramos-Sánchez et al. 2019: 33–37, figs 2a–k, 3a–e (locality: Camarón, Puerto Ángel, Estacahuite and Yerbabuena beaches, Oaxaca, Mexico).

Distribution

Camarón, Puerto Ángel, Estacahuite and Yerbabuena beaches, Oaxaca; southern Mexican Pacific.

Habitat

Benthic, littoral to sublittoral (12 m); under rocks, associated with green seaweed, bryozoans and chitons.

Remarks

The separation between Euplanoida cf. pacificola and the nominal species is difficult, mainly due to the ambiguous information in the original description, the possible artifacts from the process of fixation and/ or different life stages of the specimens, and the color variations between the specimens reviewed by Plehn (1896), Hyman (1953a) (see remarks on Euplanoida pacificola).