Dendrodoris fumata ( Rueppell & Leuckart, 1830)

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 fumata ( Rueppell & Leuckart, 1830) Figure 14F

Material examined.

One specimen 7 mm, SB; one specimen 55 mm, CB.

Ecology.

Found under coral rubble and the skeletons of dead fungiid corals. Depth 3-8 m

Distribution.

Widespread in the Indo-Pacific including South Africa, Tanzania, Madagascar, Malaysia, Palau, Vanuatu, New Caledonia, Hawaii ( Gosliner et al. 2008), Red Sea ( Yonow 2008), Mauritius, Socotra, Persian Gulf, La Réunion ( Yonow 2012), Hong Kong, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, Australia ( Brodie et al. 1997), Indonesia ( Yonow 2017), and known from the Gulf of Thailand ( 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.