Phyllidia ocellata Cuvier, 1804

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

Phyllidia ocellata Cuvier, 1804 Figure 14L

Material examined.

One specimen 30 mm, AMN; one specimen 65 mm, SP; three specimens 45-60 mm, HF.

Ecology.

Abundant in coral reef, reef edge, and soft sediment habitats. Depth 3-30 m.

Distribution.

Widespread in the Indo-Pacific including Mozambique ( Tibiriçá et al. 2017), Oman, Sri Lanka, the Philippines ( Debelius 1996), India ( Ramakrishna et al. 2010), Myanmar ( Sanpanich and Duangdee 2019), Indonesia ( Yonow 1996), South Africa, Mauritius, Madagascar, Tanzania, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Guam, Fiji, Vanuatu ( Gosliner et al. 2008) and known from both Andaman and Gulf waters of Thailand ( Brunckhorst 1993; Chavanich et al. 2013).

Figures

Figure 14. A, B Trapania miltabrancha 25 mm (A) two specimens on Didemnum molle (B) C Dendrodoris coronata 30 mm (photograph by Kirsty Magson) D Dendrodoris krusensternii 45 mm E Dendrodoris elongata 29 mm F Dendrodoris fumata 55 mm G Dendrodoris nigra 16 mm H Dendrodoris tuberculosa 88 mm I Phyllidia coelestis specimens 25 - 35 mm J Phyllidia elegans 45 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) K Phyllidia exquisita 30 mm L Phyllidia ocellata 60 mm.