Dendrodoris nigra (Stimpson, 1855)

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

Dendrodoris nigra (Stimpson, 1855) Figure 14G

Material examined.

Two specimens 8-16 mm, LT; one specimen 25 mm, MH.

Ecology.

Found under coral rubble and the skeletons of dead Fungiidae corals. More abundant towards the edge of the reef, less abundant but present in soft sediment habitats outside of the coral reef. Depth 2-25 m.

Distribution.

Widespread in the Indo-Pacific including Mozambique ( Tibiriçá et al. 2017), Mauritius ( Yonow and Hayward 1991), Red Sea ( Yonow 1990), South Africa ( Gosliner 1987), Socotra, Maldives, Zanzibar, Gulf of Oman, Seychelles, La Réunion, ( Yonow 2012), India ( Apte 2009), Gulf of Oman ( Fatemi and Attaran 2015), Indonesia ( Yonow 2017), Vietnam ( Risbec 1956), Japan ( Stimpson 1855), Australia ( Burn 2006), Hawaii ( Kay and Young 1969), and known from both Andaman and Gulf waters of Thailand ( Jensen 1998; 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.