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Mariaglaja tsurugensis (Baba & Abe, 1959)

kingdom Animalia - animals »  phylum Mollusca - mollusks »  class Gastropoda - gastropods »  order Opistobranchia - opisthobranchs »  family Aglajidae »  genus Mariaglaja

Scientific synonyms

Chelidonura tsurugensis Baba & Abe, 1959
Chelidonura babai Gosliner, 1988
Mariaglaja sandrana Rudman, 1973
Chelidonura sandrana Rudman, 1973

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Mariaglaja tsurugensis

Author: Yonow, N.

Mariaglaja tsurugensis

Author: Yonow, N.

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Description

Chelidonura sandrana: Material. Maldives: 3 mm pres., Maayafushi, Ari Atoll, shallow water in lagoon, February 1995, leg. J Hinterkircher; photos of two individuals, 1986-1994, J Hinterkircher; 7 mm (5 mm pres., “all black”), Maayafushi Channel, Ari Atoll, 7-17 m depth on sandy slope, 12 October 1994, leg. RC Anderson & SG Buttress.

Remarks. The collecting notes state that there were “plenty of aglajids, all completely black” in Maayafushi lagoon, up to approximately 10 mm in length, and it is very common in the Maldives (Yonow 1994). This species is recorded throughout the western Indian Ocean as well as in the northern Red Sea, and its extensive variability of colouration is now well known; both specimens demonstrate the all-black colouration while an additional photo (from another locality in the same atoll) depicts an individual which is black with white marbling, but without the orange spots. Turner and Wilson (2011) have shown that the range of colour morphs show no breeding differences; C. tsurugensis Baba & Abe, 1959 may be an older name.
Yonow N (2012) Opisthobranchs from the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of two new species and ten new records (Mollusca, Gastropoda).
Author: Jan Delsing

Links and literature

EN Australian Faunal Directory [6f4961e7-e348-44e0-a82d-5782a9c2fee8]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as Chelidonura tsurugensis Baba & Abe, 1959]
Data retrieved on: 12 July 2015
EN Australian Faunal Directory [e8ad5339-7b6c-4b5e-b859-250255de19b1]

ABRS (2009-2019): Australian Faunal Directory [https://biodiversity.org.au/afd/home], Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra [as "Chelidonura cf. sandrana" = Chelidonura sandrana Rudman, 1973]
Data retrieved on: 12 July 2015
EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Chelidonura sandrana Rudman, 1973]
Data retrieved on: 21 July 2015
EN Galli C.: WMSDB - Wolrdwide Mollusc Species Data Base July 10, 2013 [http://www.bagniliggia.it/WMSD/WMSDhome....] [as Chelidonura tsurugensis Baba & Abe, 1959]
Data retrieved on: 23 November 2013

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