Check List 18(1): 1-9, doi: 10.15560/18.1.1
New record of Hypselodoris infucata (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830) (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Chromodorididae) in the Republic of Mauritius
Lisa Ah Shee Tee‡, Daneshwar Puchooa‡, Chandani Appadoo‡, Vishwakalyan Bhoyroo‡‡ University of Mauritius, Reduit, Mauritius
Corresponding author: Lisa Ah Shee Tee ( chin.29.ah@gmail.com ) Academic editor: Leonardo Santos de Souza © Lisa Ah Shee Tee, Daneshwar Puchooa, Chandani Appadoo, Vishwakalyan Bhoyroo. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (CC BY 4.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. Citation:
Ah-Shee-Tee L, Puchooa D, Appadoo C, Bhoyroo V (2021) New record of Hypselodoris infucata (Rüppell & Leuckart, 1830) (Mollusca, Gastropoda, Chromodorididae) in the Republic of Mauritius. Check List 18(1): 1-9. 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.
Keywords
Geographic range, islands, Western Indian Ocean, Nudibranchia, sea slug