Diniatys dentifer (A. Adams, 1850)

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

* Diniatys dentifer (A. Adams, 1850) Figure 6K

Material examined.

Three individuals 2-5 mm, LB.

Ecology.

Very similar to the other soft-sediment associated Haminoeidae such as Aliculastrum spp., R. multistriata etc., which are often found together. Depth 8-18 m.

Distribution.

Diniatys dentifer is known from Madagascar, the Philippines, Japan, Indonesia, Papua New Guinea, Guam, Hawaii, French Polynesia ( Too et al. 2014), and the Red Sea ( Yonow 2008). Here documented as a first record for 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.