Gymnodoris sp. 3

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. 3 Figure 16A

Material examined.

One specimen 12 mm, HF.

Ecology.

Among rubble in coral reef habitats. Depth 6-12 m.

Distribution.

Gymnodoris sp. 36 ( Gosliner et al. 2018) is known from the Philippines and Papua New Guinea.

Remarks.

Smooth, translucent white dorsum with club shaped gill leaves. Observed feeding on an unknown nudibranch species (Fig. 16A ).

Figures

Figure 16. A Gymnodoris sp. 3 12 mm B Gymnodoris nigricolor 5 mm C Gymnodoris cf. nigricolor 6 mm D Gymnodoris sp. 4 9 mm E Plocamopherus tilesii 90 mm F Polycera sp. 12 mm G Tambja amakusana 6 mm (photograph by Richard Brinke) H Tambja pulcherrima 40 mm (photograph by Liam Kelly) I Tambja sp. 4 mm (photo by Kaitlyn Harris) J Thecacera sp. 6 mm K Anteaeolidiella sp. 15 mm L Aeolidiopsis harrietae 17 mm.