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Astonishing diversity revealed: an annotated and illustrated inventory of Nudipleura (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia) from Mozambique

SeaLife Research Centre, Nuarro Ecolodge, Nampula Province, Memba, Mozambique. Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales; Campus de Excelencia Internacional del Mar (CEI·MAR), Av. República Saharaui, s/n, Ap.40. 11510 Puerto Real (Cádiz), Spain.
Departamento Biología, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid; Campus de Excelencia Internacional UAM + CSIC, C/ Darwin, 2, 28049 Madrid, Spain.
Departamento de Biología, Facultad de Ciencias del Mar y Ambientales; Campus de Excelencia Internacional del Mar (CEI·MAR), Av. República Saharaui, s/n, Ap.40. 11510 Puerto Real (Cádiz), Spain. Instituto Universitario de Investigación Marina (INMAR), Campus de Excelencia Internacional del Mar (CEI·MAR), Universidad de Cádiz, Av. República Saharaui, s/n, Ap.40. 11510 Puerto Real (Cádiz), Spain.
Odonata taxonomy new records western Indian Ocean marine biodiversity benthic fauna

Abstract

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.

 

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