Coryphellina exoptata (Gosliner & Willan, 1991) Figure 20H

Material examined.

One specimen 15 mm, GR.

Ecology.

Among rocks and corals in coral reef habitats. Depth 5-15 m.

Distribution.

Widespread across the Indo-Pacific including Mozambique ( Tibiriçá et al. 2017), India (Ramakrishna et al. 2010), South Africa, Réunion Island, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Hawaii (Gosliner et al. 2008). Recorded from both Andaman and Gulf waters of Thailand (Chavanich et al. 2013).

Remarks.

This species was recently transferred to the genus Coryphellina in an extensive revision of the family Flabellinidae (Korshunova et al. 2017a).