Lomanotus vermiformis Eliot, 1908

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

Lomanotus vermiformis Eliot, 1908 Figure 20B

Material examined.

Two specimens 15-25 mm, SN; one specimen 17 mm, TW; one specimen 30 mm, SI.

Ecology.

Cryptic on its host hydroid Macrorhynchia sp., colonies of which are found exclusively in soft sediment habitats outside the coral reef. Depth 12-34 m.

Distribution.

Circumtropical, recorded from Florida, the Bahamas ( Valdés et al. 2006), Panama ( Collin et al. 2005), the Red Sea ( Vayssière 1912), India ( Dixit et al. 2017), Malaysia ( Mayes 2008), the Philippines ( Koehler 2005), Australia ( Nimbs and Smith 2016), Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea ( Gosliner et al. 2008). Recorded from the Andaman and Gulf waters of Thailand ( Koehler 1999; Mehrotra and Scott 2016).

Figures

Figure 20. A Bornella stellifera 31 mm B Lomanotus vermiformis 25 mm C Scyllaea fulva 45 mm D Melibe viridis 97 mm E Melibe sp. 22 mm F Eubranchus ocellatus 22 mm G Eubranchus sp. 7 mm H Coryphellina exoptata 15 mm (photograph by Tine Kvamme) I, J Coryphellina cf. lotos variants 40 mm (I) and 35 mm (J) K Samla bicolor 12 mm L Phestilla fuscostriata 15 mm.