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<mods:titleid="58B108E609B8BDA2DF70A2F102F2A838">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="290F0174BD4FD9954092D98E3CF87455">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="8019304A57794D9CE1C1C0BB705092F3">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="36E5314D26A418E575FFF3875D7BEA75">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="FC74C2802104B78ED0B0DC86A37CC8FA">Reef Biology Research Group. Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand</mods:affiliation>
<mods:affiliationid="5DA18B4C976EC17CD967729033FFEDDC">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="F407CE5B268C417AADBC3BB95363BE10"captionStart="Figure 12"captionStartId="F12"captionText="Figure 12. A Atagema intecta 25 mm (photograph by Nick Tringham) B Atagema spongiosa 95 mm C Atagema sp. 32 mm D Carminodoris cf. bifurcata 9 mm E Discodoris cebuensis 30 mm (photograph by Kirsty Magson) F Discodoris boholiensis 55 mm G Halgerda bacalusia (unknown size, photograph by Stephan Pelletier) H Jorunna funebris 87 mm I Jorunna sp. 10 mm J Peltodoris murrea 30 mm K, L Platydoris cf. formosa 35 mm, dorsal and ventral views (photographs by Kirsty Magson)."figureDoi="10.3897/zookeys.1042.64474.figure12"httpUri="https://binary.pensoft.net/fig/553106"pageId="0"pageNumber="73">Figure 12K, L</figureCitation>
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although differ in numerous ways. The rhinophores of the present species are yellow to pale brown, sometimes with red spots near the apex, with no black spots between them. Rhinophores have 33-35 lamellae. The gills are grey with dark brownish red lines running along the rachises, with no black spots anterior to the gill sheath. A white ring is present around the rims of the rhinophore and gill sheaths. Most of the caryophyllidia covering the dorsum are a dark reddish colour with a few white patches randomly distributed. Larger bright red patches are more numerous and also randomly distributed across the dorsal surface. Ventrally white with large red spots which become more diffuse and concentrated towards the foot. Based on these characteristics, it appears that the specimens from Koh Tao bear characteristics of both
