RT journal article
T1 Astonishing diversity revealed: An annotated and illustrated inventory of Nudipleura (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Mozambique
A1 Junqueira de Azevedo Tibirica, Yara
A1 Pola, Marta
A1 Cervera Currado, Juan Lucas
A2 Biología
K1 taxonomy
K1 new records
K1 western Indian Ocean
K1 marine biodiversity
K1 benthic fauna
AB This paper provides the first comprehensive annotated and illustrated inventory of Nudipleura from Mozambique. A total of 267 species are recorded, including 61 putative new species, documented over a period of seven years from several localities along the coast. At least 20 species need further investigation through molecular and taxomic analysis. Of the 186 confirmed described species, 118 are new records for the Mozambican fauna. Sampling was carried in tidal reefs and depths up to 60m on the subtropical and tropical coast of Mozambique. The most representative families were Chromodorididae (69 species), Discodorididae (30 species), Facelinidae (23 species) and Phyllididae (16 species). Nevertheless, a vast area of Mozambique remains unexplored, thus it is likely that the species documented here represent only a fraction of the true Nudipleura diversity of the country.
PB Magnolia Press
SN 1175-5334
YR 2017
FD 2017
LK http://hdl.handle.net/10498/33999
UL http://hdl.handle.net/10498/33999
LA eng
DS Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Cádiz
RD 08-nov-2026