Cadlinella ornatissima (Risbec, 1928)

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

Cadlinella ornatissima (Risbec, 1928) Figure 9C

Material examined.

Two specimens 12-30 mm, TT.

Ecology.

On rocks and among corals at offshore pinnacles. Depth 8-25 m.

Distribution.

Widespread in the Indo-Pacific including New Caledonia ( Risbec 1928), Japan ( Baba 1949), Mozambique ( Tibiriçá et al. 2017), Chagos Islands ( Yonow et al. 2002), India ( Ramakrishna et al. 2010), Sri Lanka, Gulf of Oman, Réunion Island ( Yonow 2012), Red Sea ( Yonow 2008), Myanmar ( Sanpanich and Duangdee 2019), Australia ( Nimbs and Smith 2016), Taiwan, Hong Kong ( Gosliner et al. 2008), Singapore ( Lim and Chou 1970), the Gulf of Thailand, and the Andaman coast of Thailand ( Chavanich et al. 2013).

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.