Hallaxa indecora (Bergh, 1905)

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

* Hallaxa indecora (Bergh, 1905) Figure 9B

Material examined.

One specimen 8 mm, SRB; one specimen 8 mm, CB.

Ecology.

Among rubble and under dead fungiid coral skeletons in coral reef habitats. Occasionally near isolated unattached colonies of sponge in deeper soft sediment habitats. Associated with an unidentified pale/creamy white sponge. Depth 4-20 m.

Distribution.

Red Sea ( Yonow 2008) and across the Indo-Pacific including Australia ( Nimbs and Smith 2016), the Gulf Aden, the Philippines, Indonesia, Japan, New Caledonia, and American Samoa ( Gosliner et al. 2008). Here representing a first record for Thai waters.

Figures

Figure 9. A Hallaxa iju 10 mm B Hallaxa indecora 8 mm C Cadlinella ornatissima 30 mm (photograph by Mati Pauner) D Ceratosoma tenue 85 mm E Chromodoris mandapamensis 50 mm (photograph by Tine Kvamme) F Chromodoris cf. mandapamensis 7 mm G Chromodoris cf. balat 25 mm (photograph by Elouise Haskin) H Diversidoris aurantionodulosa 30 mm I Diversidoris crocea 8 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) J Doriprismatica atromarginata 60 mm K Glossodoris cf. cincta 40 mm L Goniobranchus cf. albonares 5 mm.