Gymnodoris inornata (Bergh, 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

* Gymnodoris inornata (Bergh, 1880) Figure 15I

Material examined.

One specimen 28 mm, HF.

Ecology.

Among coral and rubble in coral reef habitats. Depth 6-12 m.

Distribution.

Widespread in the Indo-Pacific including Mozambique ( Tibiriçá et al. 2017), China ( Lin 1990), Hong Kong ( Orr 1981), Japan ( Baba 1949), Australia ( Nimbs and Smith 2016), South Africa, Tanzania, Red Sea, Indonesia, Philippines, New Caledonia, and Hawaii ( Gosliner et al. 2008). Here representing a first record for Thai waters.

Figures

Figure 15. A Phyllidia picta specimens 28 mm B Phyllidia varicosa 55 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) C Phyllidiella nigra 50 mm D Phyllidiella cf. pustulosa 35 mm E Phyllidiopsis loricata 28 mm F Gymnodoris cf. alba 25 mm (photograph by Tine Kvamme) G Gymnodoris ceylonica 35 mm H Gymnodoris impudica 60 mm I Gymnodoris inornata 28 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) J Gymnodoris sp. 1 25 mm (photograph by Pim Bontenbal) K, L Gymnodoris sp. 2 14 mm, same specimen feeding on Dendrodoris elongata.