Pleurobranchus forskalii Rueppell & Leuckart, 1828

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

Pleurobranchus forskalii Rueppell & Leuckart, 1828 Figure 8L

Material examined.

One specimen 265 mm, SN; one specimen 55 mm, TT.

Ecology.

Exclusively recorded from soft sediment habitats outside coral reefs. Observed feeding on colonies of the tunicate Didemnum molle Herdmann, 1886. Depth 11-21 m.

Distribution.

Widespread throughout the Indo-Pacific including Mozambique ( Tibiriçá et al. 2017), Gulf of Oman ( Fatemi and Attaran 2015), India ( Apte and Bhave 2014), Tanzania, the Red Sea, the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Fiji ( Gosliner et al. 2008). First documented from the Gulf of Thailand by Mehrotra and Scott (2016).

Figures

Figure 8. A Migaya sp. 3 mm B Siphopteron makisig 3 mm C Siphopteron sp. 3 mm (photograph by Will Malsukum) D Philine orca 3 mm E Aplysia kurodai 30 mm (photograph by Geoffrey Chamayou) F Aplysia nigrocincta 9 mm G Bursatella cf. ocelligera 65 mm (photograph by Elouise Haskin) H Stylocheilus longicauda 45 mm (photograph by Kirsty Magson) I Stylocheilus striatus 29 mm J Berthella cf. caledonica 10 mm K Berthella martensi 60 mm (photograph by Paddy Steele) L Pleurobranchus forskalii 130 mm (photograph by Tine Kvamme).