Asteronotus cespitosus (van Hasselt, 1824)

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

* Asteronotus cespitosus (van Hasselt, 1824) Figure 11L

Material examined.

One specimen 120 mm, CB.

Ecology.

Locally found exclusively in soft sediment habitats. Depth 1-16 m.

Distribution.

Widespread Indo-Pacific including Australia, Indonesia, Mauritius ( Gosliner et al. 2008), Red Sea ( Yonow 1990), Hawaii ( Kay and Young 1969), Mozambique ( Tibiriçá et al. 2017), and Gulf of Thailand ( Chavanich et al. 2013).

Figures

Figure 11. A Hypselodoris cf. juniperae 6 mm B Hypselodoris cf. kanga 40 mm C Hypselodoris katherinae 15 mm D Hypselodoris cf. lacuna 10 mm E, F Hypselodoris cf. maritima 20 mm (E) and 25 mm (F) G Hypselodoris tryoni, right specimen 35 mm (photograph by Kirsty Magson) H Mexichromis mariei 15 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) I Mexichromis multituberculata 30 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) J Mexichromis trilineata 8 mm K Verconia cf. hongkongiensis 6 mm L Asteronotus cespitosus 120 mm (photograph by Emily Palmer).