Phyllidia coelestis Bergh, 1905

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Phyllidia coelestis Bergh, 1905 Figure 14I

Material examined.

Three specimens 25-35 mm, GR.

Ecology.

Abundant in coral reef habitats. Depth 3-30 m

Distribution.

Widespread in the Indo-Pacific including Mozambique ( Tibiriçá et al. 2017), South Africa ( Brunckhorst 1993), Madagascar, Seychelles ( Yonow 2012), Tanzania ( Edmunds 1972), Sri Lanka ( Yonow 1984), Chagos Islands ( Yonow et al. 2002), India ( Apte 2009), the Philippines, Japan, Papua New Guinea ( Gosliner et al. 2008), Australia ( Nimbs and Smith 2016), China ( Lin 1990), Indonesia ( Yonow 2011), and known from both Andaman and Gulf waters of Thailand ( Brunckhorst 1993; Chavanich et al. 2013).

Figures

Figure 14. A, B Trapania miltabrancha 25 mm (A) two specimens on Didemnum molle (B) C Dendrodoris coronata 30 mm (photograph by Kirsty Magson) D Dendrodoris krusensternii 45 mm E Dendrodoris elongata 29 mm F Dendrodoris fumata 55 mm G Dendrodoris nigra 16 mm H Dendrodoris tuberculosa 88 mm I Phyllidia coelestis specimens 25 - 35 mm J Phyllidia elegans 45 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) K Phyllidia exquisita 30 mm L Phyllidia ocellata 60 mm.