Limenandra confusa Carmona, Pola, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014

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

* Limenandra confusa Carmona, Pola, Gosliner & Cervera, 2014 Figure 17I

Material examined.

One specimen 4 mm, LT; one specimen 7 mm, LB; two specimens 6-12 mm, CB.

Ecology.

On rocks and under rubble, including skeletons of dead fungiid corals, in coral reef habitats. Depth 2-14 m.

Distribution.

Until recently, known only from the Pacific including Costa Rica ( Camacho-García et al. 2005), Gulf of California ( Bertsch 1972), Hawaii ( Kay 1979), Australia ( Nimbs and Smith 2016), Mexico, and the Philippines ( Gosliner et al. 2008). Recorded in the Indian Ocean from Mozambique ( Tibiriçá et al. 2017) and the Red Sea ( Yonow 2015). Here documented as a first record for Thai waters.

Figures

Figure 17. A, B Aeolidiopsis ransoni 23 mm (A) and 25 mm (B) C Baeolidia salaamica 10 mm D Cerberilla ambonensis 20 mm E Cerberilla asamusiensis 8 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) F, G Cerberilla cf. incola variants 12 mm (F) and 7 mm (G) H Cerberilla sp. 22 mm I Limenandra confusa 12 mm J Caloria indica 26 mm K Favorinus sp. 1 5 mm L Favorinus sp. 2 5 mm