Aplysia nigrocincta von Martens, 1880

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/A689B93C-5DE1-5E34-B981-3235DBC95917

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scientific name

Aplysia nigrocincta von Martens, 1880
status

 

* Aplysia nigrocincta von Martens, 1880 View in CoL Figure 8F View Figure 8

Material examined.

One specimen 9 mm, SB.

Ecology.

Under a dead Fungiidae coral among rubble in shallow coral reef habitats. Depth 6 m.

Distribution.

Across the Indo-Pacific including Mozambique, Mauritius, the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu ( Golestani et al. 2019), Maldives ( Yonow 1994 as Aplysia fasciata ), and the Red Sea ( Yonow 1990 as Aplysia cf. parvula .). Here documented as a first record for Thai waters.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Mollusca

Class

Gastropoda

Order

Aplysiida

Family

Aplysiidae

Genus

Aplysia