An updated inventory of sea slugs from Koh Tao, Thailand, with notes on their ecology and a dramatic biodiversity increase for Thai waters Author Mehrotra, Rahul 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 Author A. Caballer Gutierrez, Manuel 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 Author M. Scott, Chad Conservation Diver. 7321 Timber Trail Road, Evergreen, Colorado, 80439, USA Author Arnold, Spencer Conservation Diver. 7321 Timber Trail Road, Evergreen, Colorado, 80439, USA Author Monchanin, Coline 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 Author Viyakarn, Voranop https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2089-6356 Reef Biology Research Group. Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand Author Chavanich, Suchana https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6266-7300 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 suchana.c@chula.ac.th text ZooKeys 2021 2021-06-09 1042 73 188 http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1042.64474 journal article http://dx.doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.1042.64474 1313-2970-1042-73 9CF986D86A474E179A67245C78FB8AFD 1BB0A10A35DD5541850FDAFFDB7119C2 Phyllidia varicosa Lamarck, 1801 Figure 15B Material examined. One specimen 32 mm , HWB; one specimen 55 mm , SR. Ecology. Abundant in coral reef habitats. Depth 3-30 m. Distribution. Widespread in the Indo-Pacific including the Red Sea ( Yonow 1996 ), South Africa ( Gosliner 1987 ), Tanzania ( Edmunds 1971 ), Mozambique ( Tibirica et al. 2017 ), Madagascar ( Risbec 1928 ), Socotra, Kenya, Mauritius, Zanzibar, Seychelles, Maldives ( Yonow 2012 ),Chagos Islands ( Yonow et al. 2002 ), Sri Lanka, Hawaii ( Debelius 1996 ), India ( Apte 2009 ), Myanmar ( Sanpanich and Duangdee 2019 ), Philippines, Vietnam ( Brunckhorst 1993 ), Indonesia ( Yonow 2011 ), Australia ( Nimbs and Smith 2016 ), Palau, Japan, Papua New Guinea ( Gosliner et al. 2008 ), and known from both Andaman and Gulf waters of Thailand ( Brunckhorst 1993 ; Chavanich et al. 2013 ).