Phyllidiopsis loricata (Bergh, 1873)

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

Phyllidiopsis loricata (Bergh, 1873) Figure 15E

Material examined.

One specimen 28 mm, SB; one specimen 15 mm, CP.

Ecology.

Under and among rocks and coral rubble. Depth 3-30 m.

Distribution.

Across the Indo-Pacific including Australia, Guam, Marshall Islands, Tahiti ( Brunckhorst 1993), western Indian Ocean of Réunion, Papua New Guinea, Hawaii ( Gosliner et al. 2008) and Singapore ( Lim and Chou 1970). First documented from the Gulf of Thailand by Mehrotra and Scott (2016).

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.