Diversidoris aurantionodulosa Rudman, 1987

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

* Diversidoris aurantionodulosa Rudman, 1987 Figure 9H

Material examined.

One specimen 30 mm, SI.

Ecology.

Found upon its pink host sponge, Darwinella sp., at deeper reef and pinnacle sites, and in muck habitats. Depth 12-30 m.

Distribution.

Red Sea ( Yonow 2015), South Africa, Tanzania, Australia, and Hong Kong ( Gosliner et al. 2008). Here representing a first record for Thai waters

Remarks.

This species was mistakenly identified as Ardeadoris averni (Rudman, 1985) by Mehrotra and Scott (2016) based on limited photographic data. Specimens found several years after initial second-hand observations have permitted reidentification, leaving A. averni remaining currently unrecorded in Thai waters.

Figures

Figure 9. A Hallaxa iju 10 mm B Hallaxa indecora 8 mm C Cadlinella ornatissima 30 mm (photograph by Mati Pauner) D Ceratosoma tenue 85 mm E Chromodoris mandapamensis 50 mm (photograph by Tine Kvamme) F Chromodoris cf. mandapamensis 7 mm G Chromodoris cf. balat 25 mm (photograph by Elouise Haskin) H Diversidoris aurantionodulosa 30 mm I Diversidoris crocea 8 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) J Doriprismatica atromarginata 60 mm K Glossodoris cf. cincta 40 mm L Goniobranchus cf. albonares 5 mm.