REDESCRIPTION OF GEITODORIS-RETICULATA ELIOT, 1906 (GASTROPODA, NUDIBRANCHIA) FROM THE CAPE-VERDE ISLANDS

The Doridacean Nudibranch Geitodoris reticulata Eliot, 1906 is redescr ibed from specimens collected in the Cape Verde Islands. This species, characterized by the colour of its body, had not been collected since its original description at the beginning of this century. Seven spec ies of Geitodoris Bergh, 1891 are known from the East Atlantic and Med iterranean Sea. Of these, G. perfossa Ortea, 1990 from the Canary Isla nds, is the most closely related to G. reticulata, but its general col oration, the gill, the tubercles of the mantle and some features of th e internal anatomy are different from the latter. The authors believe that the presence of denticles on the radular teeth of the Geitodoris species should be considered as a specific character rather than a gen eric one.