Roxaniella multistriata (Schepman, 1913)

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

* Roxaniella multistriata (Schepman, 1913) Figure 6H

Material examined.

Two specimens 5-9 mm, LB.

Ecology.

Very similar to those of Aliculastrum spp. though more regularly found immersed within/under cyanobacterial mats than on top. Often found together with other Haminoeidae species from Koh Tao, apart from Atys sp. Depth 8-18 m.

Distribution.

Known across the Indo-Pacific including Tanzania, the Philippines, Fiji ( Gosliner et al. 2008), Indonesia, Palau, Guam, Tahiti ( Too et al. 2014), and Hawaii ( Kay 1979). Here representing a first record from Thai waters.

Figures

Figure 6. A Elysia pusilla 7 mm B Elysia cf. tomentosa 37 mm C Thuridilla cf. gracilis 18 mm D Colinatys sp. 3 mm E Aliculastrum cylindricum 30 mm F Aliculastrum debilis 28 mm G A. debilis (shell 12 mm) captured alive and predated by Haptosquilla cf. nefanda H Roxaniella multistriata 9 mm I Atys semistriatus 8 mm J Atys sp. 11 mm K Diniatys dentifer 5 mm L Diniatys dubius 6 mm.