Cerberilla ambonensis Bergh, 1905

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

Cerberilla ambonensis Bergh, 1905 Figure 17D

Material examined.

One specimen 10 mm, TT; one specimen 20 mm, SN.

Ecology.

Exclusively found in deeper soft sediment habitats outside coral reef habitats, where it exhibits an endo-benthic substrate preference. Depth 14-20 m.

Distribution.

Across the Indo-Pacific including Mozambique ( Tibiriçá et al. 2017), India ( Ramakrishna et al. 2010), Indonesia, Australia, and the Solomon Islands ( Gosliner et al. 2008). First documented from the Gulf of Thailand by Mehrotra and Scott (2016).

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