Gymnodoris impudica ( Rueppell & Leuckart, 1830)

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

Gymnodoris impudica ( Rueppell & Leuckart, 1830) Figure 15H

Material examined.

One specimen 45 mm, TT; two specimens 65 mm, HF; one specimen 60 mm, TW.

Ecology.

In coral reef, rubble and soft sediment habitats throughout the island and nearby offshore pinnacles. Depth 5-25 m.

Distribution.

Widespread in the Indo-Pacific including the Red Sea ( Yonow 2008), Mozambique ( Tibiriçá et al. 2017), India ( Ramakrishna et al. 2010), Singapore ( Lim and Chou 1970), Japan ( Baba 1949), South Africa, Tanzania, the Philippines, Indonesia, New Caledonia, Hawaii ( Gosliner et al. 2008) and known from both Andaman and Gulf waters of Thailand ( Chavanich et al. 2013).

Figures

Figure 15. A Phyllidia picta specimens 28 mm B Phyllidia varicosa 55 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) C Phyllidiella nigra 50 mm D Phyllidiella cf. pustulosa 35 mm E Phyllidiopsis loricata 28 mm F Gymnodoris cf. alba 25 mm (photograph by Tine Kvamme) G Gymnodoris ceylonica 35 mm H Gymnodoris impudica 60 mm I Gymnodoris inornata 28 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) J Gymnodoris sp. 1 25 mm (photograph by Pim Bontenbal) K, L Gymnodoris sp. 2 14 mm, same specimen feeding on Dendrodoris elongata.