Samla bicolor (Kelaart, 1858)

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

Samla bicolor (Kelaart, 1858) Figure 20K

Material examined.

Two specimens 9-12 mm, CB; one specimen 18 mm, SI; one specimen 16 mm, SN.

Ecology.

On rocks and under rubble, including skeletons of dead Fungiidae corals, in coral reef habitats. Depth 2-14 m.

Distribution.

Widespread across the Indo-Pacific including the Red Sea ( Yonow 2000), Mozambique ( Tibiriçá et al. 2017), India ( Apte 2009), Chagos Islands ( Yonow et al. 2002), Myanmar ( Sanpanich and Duangdee 2019), Indonesia ( Eisenbarth et al. 2018), South Africa, Madagascar, Tanzania, Seychelles, Malaysia, Philippines, Hong Kong, Japan, Korea, Papua New Guinea, Australia and Hawaii ( Gosliner et al. 2008). Recorded from both Andaman and Gulf waters of Thailand ( Chavanich et al. 2013).

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.