Glossodoris pallida (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830)

(Figure 5 D)

Material examined. Eight specimens. MHN-YT1199, POC, 0 8 May 2014, 18m, 16mm, collected by J. Wright; MB28-004836, POC, 0 8 May 2014, POC, 17m, 31mm; MB28-004854, 2 spcs., POD, 11 May 2014, 15m, 27 and 30mm; MB28-004878, NHR, 29 May 2014, 7m, 8mm; MB28-004881, NHR, 0 1 Jun. 2014, 9m, 18mm; MB28- 0 0 4885 & MB28-004886, NFA, 0 2 Jun. 2014, 12m, 29mm and 14mm, respectively.

Habitats. Subtropical rocky reefs and tropical coral reefs.

Occurrences. Ponta do Ouro, Inhaca Island, Zavora and Nuarro.

Geographic distribution. Indian Ocean. Red Sea (Debelius 1996), Gulf of Oman (Fatemi & Attaran-Fariman 2015), South Africa (Gosliner et al. 2008), Madagascar and Mozambique (Matsuda & Gosliner 2017).

Remarks: Matsuda & Gosliner (2017) presented a molecular review of several Glossodoris from the Indo- Pacific and show that the species from the western Pacific Ocean differs genetically and internally from G. pallida .