Colinatys, Mehrotra & A. Caballer Gutiérrez & M. Scott & Arnold & Monchanin & Viyakarn & Chavanich, 2021

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

* Colinatys sp. Figure 6D

Material examined.

One specimen 3 mm, CB.

Ecology.

Endobenthic in sand in coral reef habitats. Depth 3-11 m.

Distribution.

The genus is currently recognised to be monospecific with Colinatys alayoi (Espinosa & Ortea Rato, 2004) known from the Bahamas, Cuba, Florida, and Martinique Island ( Romani et al. 2015; Ortea Rato and Buske 2018). Indo-Pacific records are limited to specimens from Hawaii ( Oskars et al. 2015) and Japan ( SSW 2017) with species identity yet to be confirmed. Here representing a first record of the family 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.