Scyllaea fulva Quoy & Gaimard, 1824

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

* Scyllaea fulva Quoy & Gaimard, 1824 Figure 20C

Material examined.

One specimen 45 mm, CB.

Ecology.

Recorded from a single individual on floating algae Sargassum oligocystum (Montagne, 1845).

Distribution.

Across the Indo-Pacific including Mozambique ( Tibiriçá et al. 2017), Réunion Island ( Cadet 2012), Japan ( Baba 1949), the Philippines, Papua New Guinea ( Pola et al. 2012), and maybe the Mediterranean ( Yokes 2002; Pola et al. 2012). Here documented as a first record for Thai waters.

Figures

Figure 20. A Bornella stellifera 31 mm B Lomanotus vermiformis 25 mm C Scyllaea fulva 45 mm D Melibe viridis 97 mm E Melibe sp. 22 mm F Eubranchus ocellatus 22 mm G Eubranchus sp. 7 mm H Coryphellina exoptata 15 mm (photograph by Tine Kvamme) I, J Coryphellina cf. lotos variants 40 mm (I) and 35 mm (J) K Samla bicolor 12 mm L Phestilla fuscostriata 15 mm.