Cadlina rumia 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 : 13

21. Cadlina rumia Er. Marcus, 1955 ( Fig. 3F )

Material examined: Praia de Pirambúzios (mangrove), Nísia Floresta, 13.III.2009, one specimen, 12 mm (body length), leg. V. Padula ( MZSP 97064). Praia de Baia Formosa, Baia Formosa, 04.VII.2009, one specimen, 10 mm (body length), leg. F. Santos ( GEEFAA 311).

Description: Body flattened, elliptical, 13 mm in length. Coloration white with yellow glands at the border of the mantle. Rhinophores with white basis graduating to brown in the apical portion. Anteriorly with a projecting notum, which covers the foot; and a pair of retractile, lamellate rhinophores; eyes close to the proximal part of the rhinophores. Mid-dorsally with a ring of glands around the notum. Posteriorly, five flattened, retractile gill leaves around the anus.

Geographic distribution: Eastern Atlantic: Ghana ( Edmunds, 1981); Western Atlantic: Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, Bonaire, Cuba, CuraÇao, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guadeloupe, Jamaica, Panama, Puerto Rico, St. Lucia, St. Martín / St. Maarten, Saint Vicent & the Grenadines, USA, Venezuela, Brazil (Alagoas,Bahia, Rio de Janeiro, Rio Grande do Norte – present study, São Paulo) ( Marcus, 1955; Domínguez et al., 2006; Valdés et al., 2006; García et al., 2008; Ourives et al., 2011; Padula et al., 2012; Sales et al., 2013).

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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).