Goniobranchus preciosus (Kelaart, 1858)

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

publication ID

https://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1042.64474

publication LSID

lsid:zoobank.org:pub:9CF986D8-6A47-4E17-9A67-245C78FB8AFD

persistent identifier

https://treatment.plazi.org/id/F32DDDD3-36D7-5F4B-9A15-94379152697A

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scientific name

Goniobranchus preciosus (Kelaart, 1858)
status

 

Goniobranchus preciosus (Kelaart, 1858) View in CoL

Material examined.

None found presently.

Ecology.

Soft sediment habitats outside the coral reef. Depth 18-22 m.

Distribution.

Across the Indo-Pacific including Indonesia ( Scott 2005), Malaysia, the Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Australia, New Caledonia. Recorded from Andaman and Gulf waters of Thailand ( Chavanich et al. 2013).

Remarks.

The species has historically been recorded from Koh Tao ( Mehrotra and Scott 2016) based on a citizen science effort, but no material has been found in surveys to date.