Phestilla viei Mehrotra, Caballer & 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

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/8CDDCFE4-B62F-53E1-889D-A6A9D1DD1CF2

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scientific name

Phestilla viei Mehrotra, Caballer & Chavanich, 2020
status

 

Phestilla viei Mehrotra, Caballer & Chavanich, 2020 View in CoL Figure 21D View Figure 21

Material examined.

Two specimens 20-25 mm, AMN; one specimen 25 mm, TT; one specimen 33 mm, SB.

Ecology.

Exclusively on its prey, the scleractinian coral Pavona in coral reef habitats. Locally observed to be predating colonies of Pavona explanulata Lamarck, 1816. Depth 4-22 m.

Distribution.

Phestilla viei is known from Madagascar, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea ( Mehrotra et al. 2020a).