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Phyllidiella pustulosa

  • 1. Department of Green Life Science, Sangmyung University, Seoul 110 - 743, Korea

Description

Phyllidiella pustulosa (Cuvier, 1804) (Fig. 2)

Phyllidia pustulosa Cuvier, 1804: 268, pl. a, fig. 8 (cited from Brunckhorst, 1993); Baba, 1949: 18, 71, 156, pl. 29.

Phyllidia verrucosa Hasselt, 1824: 244 (cited from Brunckhorst, 1993).

Phyllidia albonigra Quoy and Gaimard, 1832: 291-292, pl. 21, figs. 26, 27 (cited from Brunckhorst, 1993).

Phyllidiella nobilis Bergh, 1869: 485-492, 512-513, pl. 24b (cited from Brunckhorst, 1993).

Phyllidia spectabilis Collingwood, 1881: 136-137, pl. 10, figs. 19-23 (cited from Brunckhorst, 1993).

Fryeria variabilis Collingwood, 1881: 137, pl. 10, figs. 24-28 (cited from Brunckhorst, 1993).

Phyllidia rotunda Eliot, 1904: 282-283 (cited from Brunckhorst, 1993).

Fryeria pustulosa: Haas, 1920: 140 (cited from Brunckhorst, 1993).

Phyllidia nobilis: Risbec, 1928: 58 (cited from Brunckhorst, 1993).

Phyllidia variabilis: Risbec, 1956: 24 (cited from Brunckhorst, 1993).

Phyllidia varians Pruvot-Fol, 1956: 68 (mis-spelling pro. Fryeria variabilis Collingwood, 1881) (cited from Brunckhorst, 1993).

Phyllidia melanocera Yonow, 1986: 1406-1407, figs. 2, 10f-i (cited from Brunckhorst, 1993).

Phyllidiella pustulosa: Brunckhorst, 1993: 49-54, figs. 3B, 9B-D, 11-13, 27, 28A-C. pl. 5E-F; Choe et al., 1997: 39, figs. 4-5, tab. 3; Okutani, 2000: 795, fig. 2; Valdés, 2001: 339, figs. 1B, 5B-C, 6; Lee and Min, 2002: 145; Choi, 2003: 52, pl. 6; Debelius and Kuiter, 2007: 269; Gosliner et al., 2008: 293.

Material examined. 1 individual (SMD0178), Jeju-do, Seogwipo-si, Seogwi-dong. 19 Feb 2012; 1 individual (KOSPIV0000164403), Jeju-do, Seogwipo-si, Seogwi-dong. 13 Oct 2013.

Diagnosis. Body ovate and elongate (length: 30-53 mm, width: 26-31 mm). Rhinophores lamellate and black in color (Fig. 2A). Anus open with black border (Fig. 2B). Back ground color black. Pinkish gray tubercles clustered 2-3 protuberances with variable in shape and size on dorsum (Fig. 2C, F). Sole of foot gray, divided anteriorly. Oral tentacles finger like in shape (Fig. 2D). Edge of mantle submarginal black line (Fig. 2E).

Distribution. Korea, Japan, Indo-west Pacific to Hawaii, New Caledonia, Fiji.

Notes

Published as part of Jung, Daewui & Kim, Jongrak Lee and Chang-Bae, 2013, A report on species of phyllidiid and polycerid nudibranch including two species new to Korea, pp. 7-14 in Journal of Species Research 2 (1) on pages 8-11, DOI: 10.12651/JSR.2013.2.1.007, http://zenodo.org/record/12753457

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Additional details

Biodiversity

Collection code
KOSPIV , SMD
Material sample ID
KOSPIV0000164403 , SMD0178
Event date
2012-02-19 , 2013-10-13
Verbatim event date
2012-02-19 , 2013-10-13
Scientific name authorship
Cuvier
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Order
Nudibranchia
Family
Phyllidiidae
Genus
Phyllidiella
Species
pustulosa
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Phyllidiella pustulosa (Cuvier, 1804) sec. Jung & Kim, 2013

References

  • Brunckhorst, D. J. 1993. The systematics and phylogeny of phyllidiid nudibranchs (Doridoidea). Records of the Australian Museum supplement 16: 1 - 107.
  • Baba, K. 1949. Opishobranchia of Sagami bay. Iwanami shoten, Tokyo. pp. 1 - 194.
  • Choe, B. L. and J. Lee. 1997. Unrecorded phyllidiid nudibranchs from Cheju Island waters in Korea with remarks on new locality data and intraspecific color variations. Korean Journal of Malacology 13 (1): 37 - 42.
  • Okutani, T. 2000. Marine mollusks in Japan. University of Tokyo Press, Tokyo. pp. 1 - 1173.
  • Valdes, A. 2001. Deep-water phyllidiid nudibranchs (Gastropda: Phyllidiidae) from the tropical south-west Pacific Ocean. In: P. Bouchet & B. A. Marshall (eds.), Tropical Deep-sea Benthos, volume 22. Memoires du Museum national d'histoire naturelle 185: 331 - 368.
  • Lee, J. S. and D. K. Min. 2002. A catalogue of molluscan fauna in Korea. Korean Journal of Malacology 18 (2): 93 - 217.
  • Choi, M. 2003. Classification of Doridacea (Gastropoda, Nudibranchia) from sea shores around Je-ju Island. MS thesis, Sungkyunkwan University, Kyonggi-do, Korea. pp. 1 - 69.
  • Debelius, H. and R. H. Kuiter. 2007. Nudibranchs of the world. IKAN-Unterwasserarchiv, Frankfurt. pp. 1 - 360.
  • Gosliner, T. M., D. W. Behrens and A. Valdes. 2008. Indo- Pacific nudibranchs and sea slugs. A field guide to the world's most diverse fauna. Sea Challengers Natural History Books and California Academy of Sciences, Gig Harbor, Washington. pp. 1 - 426.