Elysia asbecki Waegele , Stemmer, Burghardt & Haendeler , 2010

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

Elysia asbecki Waegele, Stemmer, Burghardt & Haendeler, 2010 Figure 4I

Material examined.

One specimen 15 mm, HF; one specimen 23 mm, TW.

Ecology.

In coral reef habitats throughout the island. Depth 3-18 m.

Distribution.

Australia, Samoa ( Wägele et al. 2010), the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Japan, Guam, and Hawaii ( Gosliner et al. 2008; Wägele et al. 2010). Known from the Gulf waters of Thailand ( Mehrotra and Scott 2016).

Figures

Figure 4. A Costasiella cf. kuroshimae 6 mm B Costasiella usagi 6 mm C Limapontiidae sp. 3 mm D Plakobranchus noctisstellatus 21 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) E Plakobranchus ocellatus 32 mm F Plakobranchus papua 27 mm G Plakobranchus papua 21 mm on Holothuria edulis H Elysia aowthai 12 mm I Elysia asbecki 15 mm J Elysia cf. marginata 70 mm K Elysia mercieri 12 mm L Elysia obtusa 9 mm.