Chromodoris mandapamensis Valdes, Mollo & Ortea, 1999 Figure 9E

Material examined.

One specimen 50 mm, CP.

Ecology.

Among corals and coral rubble at offshore pinnacle sites. 9-20 m.

Distribution.

Widespread throughout the Indo-Pacific including Mozambique ( Tibiriçá et al. 2017), India ( Valdés et al. 1999), South Africa, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Myanmar (Gosliner et al. 2008), and Gulf of Thailand (Chavanich et al. 2013).

Remarks.

While externally matching the original description of the species completely, the internal anatomy was not analysed to verify this, the importance of which is particular to this and other similar species (Layton et al. 2018). See ‘Remarks’ for Chromodoris cf. mandapamensis below.