Tubulophilinopsis pilsbryi (Eliot, 1900)

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

Tubulophilinopsis pilsbryi (Eliot, 1900) Figure 7K

Material examined.

Two specimens 35-39 mm, SN; two specimens 25-42 mm, TT; one specimen 19 mm, MB.

Ecology.

Abundant in soft sediment habitats outside the coral reef. A single individual of the species was observed being ingested by the scleractinian coral Heteropsammia cochlea ( Mehrotra et al. 2019). Depth 12-28 m.

Distribution.

Widespread across the Indo-Pacific including Mozambique ( Tibiriçá and Malaquias 2016), Myanmar ( Sanpanich and Duangdee 2019), Vietnam ( Martynov and Korshunova 2012), Australia ( Nimbs and Smith 2016), the Philippines, Vanuatu ( Zamora-Silva and Malaquias 2018), Madagascar, Malaysia, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Guam, Marshall Islands, and Hawaii ( Gosliner et al. 2008). Documented from the Gulf of Thailand ( Mehrotra and Scott 2016).

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).