Aplysia nigrocincta von Martens, 1880

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

* Aplysia nigrocincta von Martens, 1880 Figure 8F

Material examined.

One specimen 9 mm, SB.

Ecology.

Under a dead Fungiidae coral among rubble in shallow coral reef habitats. Depth 6 m.

Distribution.

Across the Indo-Pacific including Mozambique, Mauritius, the Philippines, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu ( Golestani et al. 2019), Maldives ( Yonow 1994 as Aplysia fasciata ), and the Red Sea ( Yonow 1990 as Aplysia cf. parvula .). Here documented as a first record for Thai waters.

Figures

Figure 8. A Migaya sp. 3 mm B Siphopteron makisig 3 mm C Siphopteron sp. 3 mm (photograph by Will Malsukum) D Philine orca 3 mm E Aplysia kurodai 30 mm (photograph by Geoffrey Chamayou) F Aplysia nigrocincta 9 mm G Bursatella cf. ocelligera 65 mm (photograph by Elouise Haskin) H Stylocheilus longicauda 45 mm (photograph by Kirsty Magson) I Stylocheilus striatus 29 mm J Berthella cf. caledonica 10 mm K Berthella martensi 60 mm (photograph by Paddy Steele) L Pleurobranchus forskalii 130 mm (photograph by Tine Kvamme).