Plakobranchus ocellatus van Hasselt, 1824

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

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1042.64474

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scientific name

Plakobranchus ocellatus van Hasselt, 1824
status

 

Plakobranchus ocellatus van Hasselt, 1824 View in CoL Figure 4E View Figure 4

Material examined.

Three specimens 25-32 mm, CB.

Ecology.

From shallow soft sediments to sandy areas along the reef edge. Rarely in deeper soft sediment habitats beyond the reef edge. Depth 0.5-11 m.

Distribution.

Plakobranchus ocellatus and P. cf. ocellatus are currently considered widespread across the Indo-Pacific including Kenya, Zanzibar, the Red Sea, Maldives, Seychelles, Réunion ( Yonow 2012), India ( Sheeja and Padma Kumar 2014), the Philippines ( Christa et al. 2012), Indonesia ( Eisenbarth et al. 2018; Yonow and Jensen 2018), Japan ( Maeda et al. 2012), Australia, Papua New Guinea ( Yonow and Jensen 2018), Guam ( Wägele et al. 2011), Vanuatu ( Krug et al. 2013), Hawaii ( Wade and Sherwood 2016), Tanzania, Madagascar, Malaysia and Palau ( Gosliner et al. 2008). Specimens considered as P. ocellatus have been previously recorded from the Andaman and Gulf waters of Thailand ( Jensen 1992; Nabhitabhata 2009).

Remarks.

Specimens from Koh Tao were recently reviewed by Mehrotra et al. (2020b).