'Philinopsis' coronata (Gosliner, 2011)

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' coronata (Gosliner, 2011) Figure 7I

Material examined.

One specimen 35 mm, SRB.

Ecology.

In soft sediment habitats outside the coral reef. Depth 10 m.

Distribution.

' Philinopsis ' Philinopsis coronata is known from the Philippines ( Gosliner 2011) and Indonesia ( Gosliner et al. 2018). Here recorded for the first time from Thai waters.

Remarks.

The taxonomic validity of this species name remains unresolved after it was designated the type species for the recently erected genus Spinophallus by Zamora-Silva and Malaquias (2018), which is a junior homonym of Spinophallus A. Riedel, 1962 [ Gastropoda, Pristilomatidae ] ( MolluscaBase 2020). To date, no replacement name has been proposed leaving us to retain the use of the earlier but incorrect genus designation for this species.

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).