Phestilla viei Mehrotra, Caballer & Chavanich, 2020

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

Phestilla viei Mehrotra, Caballer & Chavanich, 2020 Figure 21D

Material examined.

Two specimens 20-25 mm, AMN; one specimen 25 mm, TT; one specimen 33 mm, SB.

Ecology.

Exclusively on its prey, the scleractinian coral Pavona in coral reef habitats. Locally observed to be predating colonies of Pavona explanulata Lamarck, 1816. Depth 4-22 m.

Distribution.

Phestilla viei is known from Madagascar, Thailand, Philippines, Indonesia, and Papua New Guinea ( Mehrotra et al. 2020a).

Figures

Figure 21. A Phestilla lugubris 30 mm B Phestilla melanobrachia 30 mm (photograph by Tom Jang) C Phestilla cf. minor 18 mm D Phestilla viei 20 mm E Phestilla subodiosa 2 mm F Phestilla sp. 1 8 mm G Phestilla sp. 2 4 mm H Phestilla sp. 3 3 mm I Trinchesia sp. 1 10 mm (photograph by Wanraya Kraikruan) J Trinchesia sp. 2 40 mm K Trinchesia sp. 3 45 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) L Trinchesiidae sp. 6 mm.