Armina occulta Mehrotra, Caballer & Chavanich, 2017

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

Armina occulta Mehrotra, Caballer & Chavanich, 2017 Figure 18L

Material examined.

Two specimens 65-72 mm, SN.

Ecology.

Exclusively known from soft sediment habitats outside the coral reef where it feeds on the sea pen Virgularia sp. Depth 14-22 m.

Distribution.

Known from the western Pacific including Indonesia ( Yonow 2017), the Philippines ( Koehler 2002), Australia ( Hatton 2019), Papua New Guinea ( Adams 2000), and Palau ( Gosliner et al. 2008). Known from the Gulf of Thailand ( Mehrotra et al. 2017). Koh Tao is the type locality of this species.

Figures

Figure 18. A Myja cf. longicornis 9 mm (photograph by Phannee Mccarthy) B, C Noumeaella sp. 1 5 mm D, E Noumeaella sp. 2 5 mm (photographs by Tony Myshlyaev) F Phidiana militaris 35 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) G Phidiana sp. 7 mm H Phyllodesmium magnum 30 mm I Phyllodesmium cf. magnum 35 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) J Phyllodesmium opalescens 35 mm, (photograph by Guillaume Gandoin) K Phyllodesmium sp. 55 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) L Armina occulta 65 mm.