Chelidonura punctata Eliot, 1903

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

* Chelidonura punctata Eliot, 1903 Figure 7F

Material examined.

Four specimens 32-39 mm, TT.

Ecology.

In soft sediment habitats outside the coral reef. Depth 22-26 m.

Distribution.

Chelidonura punctata is currently known from Kenya ( Mangubhai 2007), Mozambique ( Tibiriçá and Malaquias 2016), Zanzibar, Mauritius, the Chagos Islands, the Maldives ( Yonow 2012), India ( Apte 2009), and Myanmar ( Sanpanich and Duangdee 2019). Chelidonura punctata has been recorded from the Andaman sea of Thailand ( Gosliner et al. 2008; Nabhitabhata 2009) and is here recorded for the first time from the Gulf of Thailand.

Figures

Figure 7. A Haloa sp. 5 mm B Lamprohaminoea ovalis 18 mm C L. ovalis 9 mm (photograph by Elouise Haskin) D L. ovalis 4 mm E Chelidonura cf. castanea 62 mm F Chelidonura punctata 32 and 34 mm G Niparaya sp. 4 mm H Philinopsis speciosa 18 mm I ' Philinopsis ' Philinopsis coronata 35 mm (photograph by Phannee Mccarthy) J Tubulophilinopsis lineolata 38 mm K Tubulophilinopsis pilsbryi 35 mm L Tubulophilinopsis reticulata 30 mm (photograph by Kirsty Magson).