Diversidoris aurantionodulosa Rudman, 1987

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

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9CF986D8-6A47-4E17-9A67-245C78FB8AFD

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F6891A72-7CD4-5359-8F3D-1058521946FB

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scientific name

Diversidoris aurantionodulosa Rudman, 1987
status

 

* Diversidoris aurantionodulosa Rudman, 1987 View in CoL Figure 9H View Figure 9

Material examined.

One specimen 30 mm, SI.

Ecology.

Found upon its pink host sponge, Darwinella sp., at deeper reef and pinnacle sites, and in muck habitats. Depth 12-30 m.

Distribution.

Red Sea ( Yonow 2015), South Africa, Tanzania, Australia, and Hong Kong ( Gosliner et al. 2008). Here representing a first record for Thai waters

Remarks.

This species was mistakenly identified as Ardeadoris averni (Rudman, 1985) by Mehrotra and Scott (2016) based on limited photographic data. Specimens found several years after initial second-hand observations have permitted reidentification, leaving A. averni remaining currently unrecorded in Thai waters.