<documentID-CLB-Dataset="6211"ID-DOI="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1042.64474"ID-GBIF-Dataset="c8b43a21-43e6-4be4-a72a-38cbad011db9"ID-PMC="PMC8208966"ID-Pensoft-Pub="1313-2970-1042-73"ID-Pensoft-UUID="1BB0A10A35DD5541850FDAFFDB7119C2"ID-PubMed="34163291"ID-ZooBank="9CF986D86A474E179A67245C78FB8AFD"ModsDocID="1313-2970-1042-73"checkinTime="1623270451541"checkinUser="pensoft"docAuthor="Mehrotra, Rahul, A. Caballer Gutierrez, Manuel, M. Scott, Chad, Arnold, Spencer, Monchanin, Coline, Viyakarn, Voranop & Chavanich, Suchana"docDate="2021"docId="1A74BF444E67518FAA2CCB0266CCB253"docLanguage="en"docName="ZooKeys 1042: 73-188"docOrigin="ZooKeys 1042"docPubDate="2021-06-09"docSource="http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1042.64474"docTitle="Limapontiidae Mehrotra & A. Caballer Gutiérrez & M. Scott & Arnold & Monchanin & Viyakarn & Chavanich 2021, sp."docType="treatment"docVersion="6"id="1BB0A10A35DD5541850FDAFFDB7119C2"lastPageNumber="73"masterDocId="1BB0A10A35DD5541850FDAFFDB7119C2"masterDocTitle="An updated inventory of sea slugs from Koh Tao, Thailand, with notes on their ecology and a dramatic biodiversity increase for Thai waters"masterLastPageNumber="188"masterPageNumber="73"pageNumber="73"updateTime="1719971466177"updateUser="ExternalLinkService">
<mods:titleid="838ADF71B128ED293942540AF01FC772">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="78023409BF9E2669A78D8445631F4326">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="B93122FAE9256D4DB2EBFF12AFCFFFF8">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="0FB4B807AFB4657ED49D102A92C82CEA">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="E584304A6F2C931300B39FDE869B4292">Reef Biology Research Group. Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="65B59FF8BDD6B73459FF3C6933EE98ED">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>
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<figureCitationid="F80A27E35FF03736577AF58BA74D3F8D"captionStart="Figure 4"captionStartId="F4"captionText="Figure 4. A Costasiella cf. kuroshimae 6 mm B Costasiella usagi 6 mm C Limapontiidae sp. 3 mm D Plakobranchus noctisstellatus 21 mm (photograph by Pau Urgell Plaza) E Plakobranchus ocellatus 32 mm F Plakobranchus papua 27 mm G Plakobranchus papua 21 mm on Holothuria edulis H Elysia aowthai 12 mm I Elysia asbecki 15 mm J Elysia cf. marginata 70 mm K Elysia mercieri 12 mm L Elysia obtusa 9 mm."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1042.64474.figure4"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/553098"pageId="0"pageNumber="73">Figure 4C</figureCitation>
<bibRefCitationid="AF800FC4D57DA075E111474AB9AB073C"author="Gosliner, TM"journalOrPublisher="New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville"pageId="0"pageNumber="73"refId="B96"refString="Gosliner, TM, Valdes, A, Behrens, D, 2018. Nudibranch & Sea Slug Identification - Indo-Pacific. New World Publications Inc., Jacksonville"title="Nudibranch & Sea Slug Identification - Indo-Pacific."year="2018">Gosliner et al. (2018)</bibRefCitation>
in having cerata with elongated white apices and green pigment on the head not extending to the white rhinophores. The specimen was observed in a holding tank several days after a broad sampling effort of multiple algal species from Koh Tao.
were collected from several locations at the south of the island and although they had been checked carefully, the cryptic nature of the species allowed it to be overlooked. The species was recorded only once in April 2015 and has not been recorded since. The internal anatomy of the specimen was not studied and thus it could not be identified to genus level.
