TY  - JOUR
AB  - The 1996 Chagos expedition collected 128 specimens of opisthobranch gastropods representing at least 50 species, of which only 41 species are described in this paper: two cephalaspideans both belonging to the genus <em>Chelidonura</em>, two sacoglossan species of <em>Thuridilla</em>, one sea hare with problematic taxonomy, and 36 species of nudibranchs. Of the nudibranchs, all the sub-orders are represented by one or two species only except the dorids, which comprise the majority of the collection. Two species are allocated to genus only, one species each of <em>Phyllidiopsis</em> and <em>Dermatobranchus</em>, while two species are similar to known species. Numerous species of Phyllidiidae were collected, but only 10 are confidently assigned to a taxon. The taxonomic identities of <em>Hoplodoris pustulata</em>, <em>Dendrodoris tuberculosa</em>, <em>Phyllidiopsis xishaensis</em> and <em>Phyllidiella striata</em> are defined and discussed. There are four new distribution records for the Indian Ocean and several species are of interest as they have been rarely recorded.
A1  - Yonow, N.
A1  - Anderson, R. C.
A1  - Buttress, S. G.
DO  - 10.1080/00222930110039161
JO  - Journal of Natural History
SP  - 831
EP  - 882
C1  - 36, 831–882
TI  - Opisthobranch molluscs from the Chagos Archipelago, Central Indian Ocean
UR  - https://marinespecies.org/hkrms/aphia.php?p=sourcedetails&id=333005
VL  - 36
PY  - 2002
Y2  - 2026-04-13
ER  -