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

Main Subjects

• Ecology
• Taxonomy
• Zoogeography

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