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Gymnodoris ceylonica

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Gymnodoris ceylonica (Kelaart, 1858)

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Material examined. Four specimens. MB28-004413, BL, 25 Nov. 2010, 2m, 35mm; MB28-004429, BL, 17 Nov. 2011, 4m, 30mm; MB28-00 4430, BL, 17 Nov. 2011, 4m, 30mm; MHN-YT1038, VIAIR, 12 Dec. 2013, 4m, 33mm.

Habitats. Subtropical and tropical seagrass.

Occurrences. Barra, Nuarro and Vamizi Island.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west, central Pacific. French Polynesia, Marshall Islands, Tonga, Guam, Japan, Solomon Islands (Gosliner et al. 2008), Guam (Carlson & Hoff 2003), Taiwan (Huang et al. 2015), Sri Lanka (Kelaart 1858), Australia, Thailand (Mehrotra & Scott 2015), India (Apte 2009), Indonesia, Red Sea (Debelius 1996), Réunion Island, Seychelles (Gosliner et al. 2008) and Mozambique (Macnae & Kalk 1958).

Remarks. A mating aggregation with several individuals laying eggs was observed in November 2011 during the austral summer. A similar aggregation was previously observed Taiwan (Huang et al. 2015).

Notes

Published as part of Tibiriçá, Yara, Pola, Marta & Cervera, Juan Lucas, 2017, Astonishing diversity revealed: an annotated and illustrated inventory of Nudipleura (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Mozambique, pp. 1-133 in Zootaxa 4359 (1) on page 79, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4359.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/1069168

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http://treatment.plazi.org/id/03EB87A2FF9EFFCA9790FB9BFB7CF9C3

Cites
Figure: 10.5281/zenodo.1069221 (DOI)
Is part of
Journal article: 10.11646/zootaxa.4359.1.1 (DOI)
Journal article: http://zenodo.org/record/1069168 (URL)
Journal article: http://publication.plazi.org/id/FFD2FFDAFFD0FF849707FF83FFB7FFC0 (URL)
Journal article: http://zoobank.org/8D06174D-B19F-4B5C-B9B0-DA74E6D43C75 (URL)
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https://biodiversitypmc.sibils.org/collections/plazi/03EB87A2FF9EFFCA9790FB9BFB7CF9C3 (URL)
https://www.gbif.org/species/137582095 (URL)
https://www.checklistbank.org/dataset/31260/taxon/03EB87A2FF9EFFCA9790FB9BFB7CF9C3.taxon (URL)

Biodiversity

Scientific name authorship
Kelaart
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Mollusca
Order
Nudibranchia
Family
Gymnodorididae
Genus
Gymnodoris
Species
ceylonica
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Gymnodoris ceylonica (Kelaart, 1858) sec. Tibiriçá, Pola & Cervera, 2017

References

  • Carlson, C. & Hoff, P. J. (2003) The opisthobranchs of the Mariana Islands. Micronesica, 35, 271 - 293.
  • Huang, H. D., Tsai, Y., Chen, C. K., Hung, H. T., Chen, J. C., Lin, H. & Lee, K. S. (2015) Diverse Opisthobranchs and Polyclad Flatworms in Houwan, Kenting National Park, Southern Taiwan. College & Research Libraries, 28, 55 - 65.
  • Mehrotra, R. & Scott, C. (2015) Species inventory of sea slugs (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) for Koh Tao, Thailand, with 25 first records fo Thai waters. Marine Biodiversity, 46, 761 - 771. https: // doi. org / 10.1007 / s 12526 - 015 - 0424 - 7
  • Apte, D. (2009) Opisthobranch fauna of Lakshadweep Islands, India, with 52 new record to lakshadweep and 40 new records to India: Part 1. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society, 106, 162 - 175.
  • Debelius, H. (1996) Nudibranchs and Sea Snails. Indo-Pacific Field Guide. From the Red Sea to South Africa. Across to the West Coast of the Americas. IKAN-Unterwasserarchiv, Frankfurt, 321 pp.
  • Macnae, W. & Kalk, M. (1958) A natural history of Inhaca Island, Mozambique. Witwatersrand Univ. Press, Johannesburg, 163 pp.