Gymnodoris sp. 1

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

Gymnodoris sp. 1 Figure 15J

Material examined.

One specimen 25 mm, TT.

Ecology.

On rocks and among coral and rubble in coral reef habitats. Depth 4-18 m.

Distribution.

First documented as Gymnodoris sp. from the Gulf of Thailand by Mehrotra and Scott (2016: fig. 2D). Similar Gymnodoris species ( Gosliner et al. 2008: sp. 5; Gosliner et al. 2018: sp. 21) known from Japan and Papua New Guinea only.

Figures

Figure 15. A Phyllidia picta specimens 28 mm B Phyllidia varicosa 55 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) C Phyllidiella nigra 50 mm D Phyllidiella cf. pustulosa 35 mm E Phyllidiopsis loricata 28 mm F Gymnodoris cf. alba 25 mm (photograph by Tine Kvamme) G Gymnodoris ceylonica 35 mm H Gymnodoris impudica 60 mm I Gymnodoris inornata 28 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) J Gymnodoris sp. 1 25 mm (photograph by Pim Bontenbal) K, L Gymnodoris sp. 2 14 mm, same specimen feeding on Dendrodoris elongata.