Chromodoris mandapamensis Valdes , Mollo & Ortea, 1999

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

Chromodoris mandapamensis Valdes, Mollo & Ortea, 1999 Figure 9E

Material examined.

One specimen 50 mm, CP.

Ecology.

Among corals and coral rubble at offshore pinnacle sites. 9-20 m.

Distribution.

Widespread throughout the Indo-Pacific including Mozambique ( Tibiriçá et al. 2017), India ( Valdés et al. 1999), South Africa, Solomon Islands, Papua New Guinea, Myanmar ( Gosliner et al. 2008), and Gulf of Thailand ( Chavanich et al. 2013).

Remarks.

While externally matching the original description of the species completely, the internal anatomy was not analysed to verify this, the importance of which is particular to this and other similar species ( Layton et al. 2018). See ‘Remarks’ for Chromodoris cf. mandapamensis below.

Figures

Figure 9. A Hallaxa iju 10 mm B Hallaxa indecora 8 mm C Cadlinella ornatissima 30 mm (photograph by Mati Pauner) D Ceratosoma tenue 85 mm E Chromodoris mandapamensis 50 mm (photograph by Tine Kvamme) F Chromodoris cf. mandapamensis 7 mm G Chromodoris cf. balat 25 mm (photograph by Elouise Haskin) H Diversidoris aurantionodulosa 30 mm I Diversidoris crocea 8 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) J Doriprismatica atromarginata 60 mm K Glossodoris cf. cincta 40 mm L Goniobranchus cf. albonares 5 mm.