Plakobranchus noctisstellatus Mehrotra, Caballer, Scott, Arnold, Monchanin & Chavanich, 2020

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

Plakobranchus noctisstellatus Mehrotra, Caballer, Scott, Arnold, Monchanin & Chavanich, 2020 Figure 4D

Material examined.

One specimen 28 mm, SN; two specimens 26-31 mm, TT.

Ecology.

From deeper soft sediments outside coral reef habitats. Depth 15-25 m.

Distribution.

Vanuatu, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea ( Gosliner et al. 2008, 2015) and the Gulf of Thailand ( Mehrotra et al. 2020b).

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.