Hypselodoris katherinae Gosliner & Johnson, 2018

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

* Hypselodoris katherinae Gosliner & Johnson, 2018 Figure 11C

Material examined.

Two specimens 5-15 mm, CB.

Ecology.

Observed under dead fungiid coral skeletons and on rocks in shallow coral reef. Depth 3-15 m.

Distribution.

Indonesia, Eastern Malaysia, and the Philippines ( Gosliner et al. 2008). Here representing a first record for Thai waters.

Remarks.

Recorded as undescribed from Koh Tao ( Mehrotra and Scott 2016: fig. 2G) now identified as a first record for Thai waters.

Figures

Figure 11. A Hypselodoris cf. juniperae 6 mm B Hypselodoris cf. kanga 40 mm C Hypselodoris katherinae 15 mm D Hypselodoris cf. lacuna 10 mm E, F Hypselodoris cf. maritima 20 mm (E) and 25 mm (F) G Hypselodoris tryoni, right specimen 35 mm (photograph by Kirsty Magson) H Mexichromis mariei 15 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) I Mexichromis multituberculata 30 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) J Mexichromis trilineata 8 mm K Verconia cf. hongkongiensis 6 mm L Asteronotus cespitosus 120 mm (photograph by Emily Palmer).