Limapontiidae, 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

* Limapontiidae sp. Figure 4C

Material examined.

One specimen 3 mm, location unknown.

Ecology.

Local ecology is unknown.

Distribution.

Unknown.

Remarks.

Similar to Ercolania translucens Jensen, 1993 or Stiliger sp. 7 in Gosliner et al. (2018) in having cerata with elongated white apices and green pigment on the head not extending to the white rhinophores. The specimen was observed in a holding tank several days after a broad sampling effort of multiple algal species from Koh Tao. Algae were collected from several locations at the south of the island and although they had been checked carefully, the cryptic nature of the species allowed it to be overlooked. The species was recorded only once in April 2015 and has not been recorded since. The internal anatomy of the specimen was not studied and thus it could not be identified to genus level.

Figures

Figure 4. A Costasiella cf. kuroshimae 6 mm B Costasiella usagi 6 mm C Limapontiidae sp. 3 mm D Plakobranchus noctisstellatus 21 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) E Plakobranchus ocellatus 32 mm F Plakobranchus papua 27 mm G Plakobranchus papua 21 mm on Holothuria edulis H Elysia aowthai 12 mm I Elysia asbecki 15 mm J Elysia cf. marginata 70 mm K Elysia mercieri 12 mm L Elysia obtusa 9 mm.