Philinopsis speciosa Pease, 1860

Mehrotra, Rahul, A. Caballer Gutierrez, Manuel, M. Scott, Chad, Arnold, Spencer, Monchanin, Coline, Viyakarn, Voranop & Chavanich, Suchana, 2021, An updated inventory of sea slugs from Koh Tao, Thailand, with notes on their ecology and a dramatic biodiversity increase for Thai waters, ZooKeys 1042, pp. 73-188 : 73

Philinopsis speciosa Pease, 1860 Figure 7H

Material examined.

Two specimens 18-26 mm, SB; one specimen 14 mm, TT; one specimen 11 mm, SN.

Ecology.

In soft sediment habitats outside the coral reef. Depth 14-26 m.

Distribution.

Widespread across the Indo-Pacific including Mozambique ( Tibiriçá and Malaquias 2016), Maldives ( Yonow 1994), Vietnam ( Martynov and Korshunova 2012), Australia ( Nimbs and Smith 2016), Guam, Hawaii, the Galapagos Islands ( Zamora-Silva and Malaquias 2018), South Africa, Tanzania, the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Japan, Panama ( Gosliner et al. 2008), and Red Sea ( Yonow 1990). Previously documented from Thai waters ( Nabhitabhata 2009) but a specific location was not given. Here confirmed from the Gulf waters of Thailand.

Figures

Figure 7. A Haloa sp. 5 mm B Lamprohaminoea ovalis 18 mm C L. ovalis 9 mm (photograph by Elouise Haskin) D L. ovalis 4 mm E Chelidonura cf. castanea 62 mm F Chelidonura punctata 32 and 34 mm G Niparaya sp. 4 mm H Philinopsis speciosa 18 mm I ' Philinopsis ' Philinopsis coronata 35 mm (photograph by Phannee Mccarthy) J Tubulophilinopsis lineolata 38 mm K Tubulophilinopsis pilsbryi 35 mm L Tubulophilinopsis reticulata 30 mm (photograph by Kirsty Magson).