Berthella martensi (Pilsbry, 1896)

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

* Berthella martensi (Pilsbry, 1896) Figure 8K

Material examined.

One specimen 60 mm, LB.

Ecology.

Exclusively recorded from soft sediment habitats outside coral reefs. Depth 11-21 m.

Distribution.

Widespread throughout the Indo-Pacific including the Red Sea ( Yonow 2015), Mozambique ( Tibiriçá et al. 2017), India ( Sreeraj et al. 2012), Maldives ( Yonow 1994), Tanzania, Mauritius, Indonesia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Hawaii, and the Pacific coast of Mexico ( Gosliner et al. 2008).

Remarks.

Individuals from Koh Tao have a dark, almost black mantle with numerous inconspicuous black spots. Berthella martensi was recorded by Nabhitabhata (2009) based on a local record (in Thai), but the location(s) of this record is unknown. Therefore, while B. martensi is known from the Gulf of Thailand, its presence along the Andaman coast of Thailand is unconfirmed.

Figures

Figure 8. A Migaya sp. 3 mm B Siphopteron makisig 3 mm C Siphopteron sp. 3 mm (photograph by Will Malsukum) D Philine orca 3 mm E Aplysia kurodai 30 mm (photograph by Geoffrey Chamayou) F Aplysia nigrocincta 9 mm G Bursatella cf. ocelligera 65 mm (photograph by Elouise Haskin) H Stylocheilus longicauda 45 mm (photograph by Kirsty Magson) I Stylocheilus striatus 29 mm J Berthella cf. caledonica 10 mm K Berthella martensi 60 mm (photograph by Paddy Steele) L Pleurobranchus forskalii 130 mm (photograph by Tine Kvamme).