Phyllidia elegans Bergh, 1869 Figure 14J

Material examined.

One specimen 45 mm, LT; one specimen 30 mm, RR; one specimen 45 mm, SP.

Ecology.

Abundant in coral reef habitats. Depth 3-30 m

Distribution.

Widespread in the western Pacific including), Indonesia, Taiwan, Australia, Guam, Solomon Islands (Brunckhorst 1993), Myanmar, Malaysia, the Philippines, Japan, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu (Gosliner et al. 2008), Vietnam (Risbec 1956), China (Lin 1990), Singapore (Lim and Chou 1970) and known from both Andaman and Gulf waters of Thailand (Brunckhorst 1993; Chavanich et al. 2013).