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<mods:titleid="1A1E1792846147EFBCEB7041DE882BE9">An updated inventory of sea slugs from Koh Tao, Thailand, with notes on their ecology and a dramatic biodiversity increase for Thai waters</mods:title>
<mods:affiliationid="79E69AA5CD790E42CFAE94E9796F05EA">Reef Biology Research Group. Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand & Aow Thai Marine Ecology Center, Koh Mun Nai, Kram, Klaeng District, Rayong 21110, Thailand</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="C6C237BC949BFE384FAC469C25C98B3C">American University of Paris, Department of Computer Science Math and Environmental Science, 6 rue du Colonel Combes, 75007 Paris, France & Museum national d'Histoire naturelle, 55 rue de Buffon, 75005 Paris, France</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="F38D315EC4FB9FB9A7503DDBDDC5D0C0">Aow Thai Marine Ecology Center, Koh Mun Nai, Kram, Klaeng District, Rayong 21110, Thailand & Research Center on Animal Cognition (CRCA), Center for Integrative Biology (CBI); CNRS, University Paul Sabatier, Toulouse III, France</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="5035ACAE9466AFCC55C63E2D99D431B6">Reef Biology Research Group. Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="6FE85AB85EE2C8B92446E6AB1C4CB33F">Reef Biology Research Group. Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand & Center of Excellence for Marine Biotechnology, Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand</mods:affiliation>
<figureCitationid="EDC875DF8AA7FBBFC5EB47FC59D2A6CB"captionStart="Figure 8"captionStartId="F8"captionText="Figure 8. A Migaya sp. 3 mm B Siphopteron makisig 3 mm C Siphopteron sp. 3 mm (photograph by Will Malsukum) D Philine orca 3 mm E Aplysia kurodai 30 mm (photograph by Geoffrey Chamayou) F Aplysia nigrocincta 9 mm G Bursatella cf. ocelligera 65 mm (photograph by Elouise Haskin) H Stylocheilus longicauda 45 mm (photograph by Kirsty Magson) I Stylocheilus striatus 29 mm J Berthella cf. caledonica 10 mm K Berthella martensi 60 mm (photograph by Paddy Steele) L Pleurobranchus forskalii 130 mm (photograph by Tine Kvamme)."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1042.64474.figure8"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/553102"pageId="0"pageNumber="73">Figure 8G</figureCitation>
<paragraphid="29ECE03FE8F78DF96F6626C5FAA0570B"pageId="0"pageNumber="73">In soft sediment habitats where it grazes on cyanobacterial mats on the benthos. Depth 18-25 m.</paragraph>
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, based on internal morphological differences such as an unarmed penis and supported by molecular data. This name was attributed to specimens described from the Gulf of Thailand by
, who was the first to describe specimens with an unarmed penis. At present, there is no reliable way of discerning between the two species based on external morphology alone, and no available molecular data for specimens from the Gulf of Thailand. The internal anatomy of specimens from Koh Tao could not be investigated as part of the present study; however, the proximity to the type locality (Koh Chang) supports the need for comprehensive analyses of specimens from the Gulf of Thailand in particular, given the wide geographical range of
