Sebadoris fragilis (Alder & Hancock, 1864)

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

* Sebadoris fragilis (Alder & Hancock, 1864) Figure 13B

Material examined.

One specimen 70 mm, SB.

Ecology.

Found under coral rubble and the skeletons of dead Fungiidae corals. Depth 3-8 m.

Distribution.

Across the Indo-Pacific including Madagascar ( Gosliner et al. 2008), Red Sea ( Yonow 2008), Kuwait ( Nithyanandan 2012), India ( Bhave and Apte 2011), Indonesia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea ( Yonow 2017), and known from the Gulf of Thailand ( Chavanich et al. 2013).

Figures

Figure 13. A Rostanga sp. 18 mm B Sebadoris fragilis 70 mm C Thordisa sp. 12 mm D Doriopsis cf. granulosa 7 mm E Doriopsis pecten 6 mm F Doriopsis viridis 4 mm G Doris cf. immonda 5 mm H, I Dorididae sp. 15 mm (H photograph by Jeremy Coz) and 8 mm (I) J Goniodoridella sp. 1 6 mm K Goniodoridella sp. 2 3 mm (photograph by Khumron Waipaka) L Trapania cf. gibbera 5 mm.