On the occurrence of Stylocheilus longicauda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) (Heterobranchia, Aplysiidae) in the Persian Gulf

Document Type : Short Communications

Authors

Mokhtar Amouei ¹

Yaser Fatemi ²

¹ Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences, Chabahar Maritime University, Chabahar, Iran.

² Department of Marine Biology, Faculty of Marine Sciences and Technology, Hormozgan University, Bandar Abbas, Iran.

10.22067/ijab.2021.63441.0

Abstract

Stylocheilus longicauda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1825) is a pelagic species in the Aplysiidae family that well distributed in the circumtropical region. In this study, S. longicauda is reported from the Persian Gulf for the first time.

Keywords

New record

nudibranch

sea hare

Iran

Subjects

• Ecology and Evolution
• Taxonomy
• Zoogeography

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