Chromodoris aspersa ( Gould, 1852 )

Tibiriçá, Yara, Pola, Marta & Cervera, Juan Lucas, 2017, Astonishing diversity revealed: an annotated and illustrated inventory of Nudipleura (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Mozambique, Zootaxa 4359 (1), pp. 1-133 : 17

Chromodoris aspersa ( Gould, 1852)

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Material examined. Four specimens. MB28-004432, ZA51, 15 Nov. 2011, 4m, 24mm; MB28-004722, ZDRS, 12 Aug. 2013, 32m, 10mm; MHN-YT1276, NHR, 29 May 2014, 10m, 18mm; MB28-0 0 4952, ZA51, 30 Dec. 2014, 12m, 14mm.

Habitats. Subtropical rocky reefs and tropical coral reefs.

Occurrences. Zavora and Nuarro.

Geographic distribution. Indo-west, central Pacific. Hawaii, Japan, Marshall Islands, Papua New Guinea (Gosliner et al. 2008), Australia ( Debelius 1996), Philippines, Réunion Island, Seychelles (Gosliner et al. 2008) and Mozambique.

Remarks. This species typically has an orange or yellow edge around the mantle ( Kay & Young 1969; Rudman 1983). Rudman (1993) reviewed the anatomy of specimens of C. aspersa with and without the yellow/ orange border and concluded that they all belong to the same species. Nevertheless, this hypothesis has never been tested using molecular techniques, which may clarify the identity of this taxon.

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FIGURE 4. A, Chromodoris aspera (MB28-004952). B,Chromodoris africana (MB28-004554). C, Chromodoris cf. boucheti (MB28-004929). D, Chromodoris hamiltoni (MB28-004769). E, Chromodoris mandapamensis (MB28-004931). F, Chromodoris quadricolor (MB28-005040). G, Chromodoris strigata (MB28-004884). H, Chromodoris sp. 1 (MB28-004644). I, Chromodoris sp.2 (MB28-004845).J,Diversidoris crocea (MB28-005024).K–L, Doriprismaticacf. atromarginata(MB28- 004575 and MB28-004908, respectively).