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).