New record of Hypselodoris infucata (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830) (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Chromodorididae) in the Republic of Mauritius

By

Ah Shee Tee, Lisa
Puchooa, Daneshwar
Appadoo, Chandani
Bhoyroo, Vishwakalyan

Type

Article

Date of Publication

2022-1-4

Original Publication

Check list : journal of species lists and distribution

Volume

18

Series / Issue

Issue: 1

Pages

1--9

Subjects

geographic range , Islands , Nudibranchia , sea slug , Western Indian Ocean

Contributed by

Pensoft Publishers

Language

English

Published by

[São Paulo, Brazil] Luís Felipe Toledo 2005-

Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15560/18.1.1

 

Abstract

To date, 179 species belonging to the gastropod infraclass Euthyneura are known from Mauritius. We report for the first time from Mauritius the chromodorid nudibranch, Hypselodoris infucata (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830), based on 47 sites surveyed over 17 months. This species was previously known from the eastern Mediterranean Sea, Indo-Pacific Ocean, and Western Indian Ocean. We observed it in Mauritius at Bain des Dames near a shipwreck under coral rubble. Considering the small size and camouflage behavior of some nudibranch species, additional fieldwork will likely add others species unknown from the islands.