Discodoris cebuensis Bergh, 1877

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

* Discodoris cebuensis Bergh, 1877 Figure 12E

Material examined.

One specimen 30 mm, SN.

Ecology.

Locally found exclusively in soft sediment habitats. Depth 14-18 m.

Distribution.

Across the Indo-Pacific including the Red Sea ( Yonow 2008), South Africa ( Gosliner 1987), Seychelles ( Eliot 1910), Tanzania, the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, Papua New Guinea, and Hawaii ( Dayrat 2010). Here representing a first record for Thai waters.

Figures

Figure 12. A Atagema intecta 25 mm (photograph by Nick Tringham) B Atagema spongiosa 95 mm C Atagema sp. 32 mm D Carminodoris cf. bifurcata 9 mm E Discodoris cebuensis 30 mm (photograph by Kirsty Magson) F Discodoris boholiensis 55 mm G Halgerda bacalusia (unknown size, photograph by Stephan Pelletier) H Jorunna funebris 87 mm I Jorunna sp. 10 mm J Peltodoris murrea 30 mm K, L Platydoris cf. formosa 35 mm, dorsal and ventral views (photographs by Kirsty Magson).