From suspected to confirmed presence: evidence of two coastal slug species of the genus Peronia (Gastropoda: Onchidiidae) on Reunion Island (Indian Ocean)

2025/01/01 by Victor Cadet, Huet Nicolas · 1 voice
Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Cassava research and cyanide #Isotope Analysis in Ecology #Marine Biology and Ecology Research

paper · pdf · doi:10.61733/jconch/4539

openalex publication_date 2025/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23

Abstract

Species of the genus Peronia Fleming 1822 are known from several islands in the Indian Ocean, including Mauritius, but none has been reported from Reunion Island. We searched three rocky shore areas on Reunion Island for semi-marine slugs belonging to this genus and found two species: P. peronii (Cuvier, 1804) and P. verruculata (Cuvier, 1830). The late detection of the genus Peronia on Reunion Island may be due to less extensive survey work compared to neighbouring islands.

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