Phestilla fuscostriata Hu, Zhang, Xie & Qiu, 2020

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

* Phestilla fuscostriata Hu, Zhang, Xie & Qiu, 2020 Figure 20L

Material examined.

Two specimens 11-15 mm, SRB; one specimen 12 mm, HF; one specimen 18 mm, LT.

Ecology.

Exclusively on its prey, the scleractinian coral Pavona decussata Dana, 1846, which is abundant throughout the depth range of coral reefs around Koh Tao. Depth 1-19 m.

Distribution.

Phestilla fuscostriata was previously known only from Hong Kong ( Hu et al. 2020). Here we record it for the first time from 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.