Dendrodoris tuberculosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832)

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

Dendrodoris tuberculosa (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) Figure 14H

Material examined.

Two specimens 24-88 mm, TT.

Ecology.

Found in soft sediment habitats outside the coral reef alongside D. krusensternii . Incorrectly classified as a coral reef-associated species from Koh Tao ( Mehrotra and Scott 2016) based on a single observation in shallower waters nearer the coral reef.

Distribution.

Widespread in the Indo-Pacific including the Red Sea ( Yonow 2008), Tanzania, South Africa, Maldives, Malaysia, Philippines, Korea, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Solomon Islands, Marshall Islands ( Gosliner et al. 2008), Mozambique ( Tibiriçá et al. 2017), India ( Apte 2009), Chagos ( Yonow et al. 2002), Vietnam ( Risbec 1956), Japan ( Baba 1949), Hawaii ( Kay and Young 1969), and known from both Andaman and Gulf waters of Thailand ( Chavanich et al. 2013; Mehrotra and Scott 2016).

Figures

Figure 14. A, B Trapania miltabrancha 25 mm (A) two specimens on Didemnum molle (B) C Dendrodoris coronata 30 mm (photograph by Kirsty Magson) D Dendrodoris krusensternii 45 mm E Dendrodoris elongata 29 mm F Dendrodoris fumata 55 mm G Dendrodoris nigra 16 mm H Dendrodoris tuberculosa 88 mm I Phyllidia coelestis specimens 25 - 35 mm J Phyllidia elegans 45 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) K Phyllidia exquisita 30 mm L Phyllidia ocellata 60 mm.