Diversidoris crocea (Rudman, 1986)

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 crocea (Rudman, 1986) Figure 9I

Material examined.

One specimen 8 mm, TT.

Ecology. Coral reef habitats. Usually cryptic on its sponge, a yellow Darwinella sp. ( Rudman 2005a).

Distribution. Widespread throughout the Indo-Pacific including Mozambique ( Tibiriçá et al. 2017), Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, Papua New Guinea ( Gosliner et al. 2008), Guam ( Carlson and Hoff 2003), and Australia ( Rudman 1986). First documented from the Gulf of Thailand by Mehrotra and Scott (2016).

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.