First record of the Thuridilla indopacifica Gosliner, 1995 (Sacoglossa, Plakobranchidae) from the Gulf of Oman, Iran

New record Nudibranch Chabahar Bay Indian Ocean.

Authors

  • Yaser Fatemi Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technology, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
  • Mohammad Reza Taherizadeh Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technology, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
  • Adnan Shahdadi Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technology, University of Hormozgan, Bandar Abbas, Iran.
December 21, 2020

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Thuridilla indopacifica Gosliner, 1995 (Sacoglossa, Plakobranchidae) is a rare species in the Sacoglossan nudibranch that only reported from the South Africa and Western Australia. This study records T. indopacifica from the Gulf of Oman for the first time showing its expansion to the northwest of Indian Ocean.