Caloria indica (Bergh, 1896)

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

Caloria indica (Bergh, 1896) Figure 17J

Material examined.

One specimen 26 mm, TW; two specimens 31-39 mm, SWP; two specimens 18-25 mm, HF.

Ecology.

Abundant in coral reef habitats, particularly at the numerous coral reef restoration sites at Koh Tao and at rocky pinnacle sites nearshore and offshore. Depth 2-30 m.

Distribution.

Widespread across the Indo-Pacific including Mozambique ( Tibiriçá et al. 2017), India ( Sreeraj et al. 2012), Maldives ( Yonow 1994), Myanmar ( Sanpanich and Duangdee 2019), Papua New Guinea ( Baine and Harasti 2007), South Africa, Tanzania, Indonesia, Australia, Japan, Hawaii ( Gosliner 1987), Oman, Seychelles, New Caledonia, Solomon Islands, Fiji ( Gosliner et al. 2008) and documented from both Andaman and Gulf waters of Thailand by Chavanich et al. (2013).

Figures

Figure 17. A, B Aeolidiopsis ransoni 23 mm (A) and 25 mm (B) C Baeolidia salaamica 10 mm D Cerberilla ambonensis 20 mm E Cerberilla asamusiensis 8 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) F, G Cerberilla cf. incola variants 12 mm (F) and 7 mm (G) H Cerberilla sp. 22 mm I Limenandra confusa 12 mm J Caloria indica 26 mm K Favorinus sp. 1 5 mm L Favorinus sp. 2 5 mm