Coryphellina exoptata (Gosliner & Willan, 1991)

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

Coryphellina exoptata (Gosliner & Willan, 1991) Figure 20H

Material examined.

One specimen 15 mm, GR.

Ecology.

Among rocks and corals in coral reef habitats. Depth 5-15 m.

Distribution.

Widespread across the Indo-Pacific including Mozambique ( Tibiriçá et al. 2017), India ( Ramakrishna et al. 2010), South Africa, Réunion Island, Malaysia, the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, Australia, Papua New Guinea, and Hawaii ( Gosliner et al. 2008). Recorded from both Andaman and Gulf waters of Thailand ( Chavanich et al. 2013).

Remarks.

This species was recently transferred to the genus Coryphellina in an extensive revision of the family Flabellinidae ( Korshunova et al. 2017a).

Figures

Figure 20. A Bornella stellifera 31 mm B Lomanotus vermiformis 25 mm C Scyllaea fulva 45 mm D Melibe viridis 97 mm E Melibe sp. 22 mm F Eubranchus ocellatus 22 mm G Eubranchus sp. 7 mm H Coryphellina exoptata 15 mm (photograph by Tine Kvamme) I, J Coryphellina cf. lotos variants 40 mm (I) and 35 mm (J) K Samla bicolor 12 mm L Phestilla fuscostriata 15 mm.