Aplysia kurodai Baba, 1937

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 kurodai Baba, 1937 Figure 8E

Material examined.

Two specimens 60-81 mm, SN; one specimen 30 mm, MH.

Ecology.

In soft sediment habitats, occasionally found in aggregations, although more often observed as solitary. Depth 8-22 m.

Distribution.

Currently known only from China ( Guang-Yu and Tchang 1965), Korea ( Lee et al. 2014), and Japan ( Baba 1937). Documented from the Gulf of Thailand ( Mehrotra and Scott 2016).

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).