Gymnodoris ceylonica (Kelaart, 1858)

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

Gymnodoris ceylonica (Kelaart, 1858) Figure 15G

Material examined.

Two specimen 35 mm, TB.

Ecology.

Exclusively recorded from soft sediment habitats beyond the fringing coral reef. Depth 14 m.

Distribution.

Widespread in the Indo-Pacific including Mozambique ( Tibiriçá et al. 2017), the Red Sea ( Yonow 1990), Indonesia ( Debelius 1996), India ( Apte 2009), Taiwan ( Huang et al. 2015), Singapore ( Lim and Chou 1970), Réunion Island, Seychelles, Sri Lanka, the Philippines, Japan, Papua New Guinea, Australia, Guam, Marshall Islands ( Gosliner et al. 2008), and known from both Andaman and Gulf waters of Thailand ( Chavanich et al. 2013; Mehrotra and Scott 2016).

Figures

Figure 15. A Phyllidia picta specimens 28 mm B Phyllidia varicosa 55 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) C Phyllidiella nigra 50 mm D Phyllidiella cf. pustulosa 35 mm E Phyllidiopsis loricata 28 mm F Gymnodoris cf. alba 25 mm (photograph by Tine Kvamme) G Gymnodoris ceylonica 35 mm H Gymnodoris impudica 60 mm I Gymnodoris inornata 28 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) J Gymnodoris sp. 1 25 mm (photograph by Pim Bontenbal) K, L Gymnodoris sp. 2 14 mm, same specimen feeding on Dendrodoris elongata.