Phyllidia exquisita Brunckhorst, 1993

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* Phyllidia exquisita Brunckhorst, 1993 Figure 14K

Material examined.

One specimen 30 mm, SI.

Ecology.

Rare, found in coral reef habitats, Depth 15 m.

Distribution.

Known from the Maldives ( Yonow 2012), Vietnam ( Martynov and Korshunova 2012), Hong Kong ( Orr 1981), Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines, Palau, Japan ( Gosliner et al. 2008), Australia, Papua New Guinea, Fiji, the Marshall Islands, and the Andaman sea of Thailand ( Brunckhorst 1993). Here representing a first record for the Gulf of Thailand.

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.