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ArticleZooKeys2021

An updated inventory of sea slugs from Koh Tao, Thailand, with notes on their ecology and a dramatic biodiversity increase for Thai waters.

Rahul Mehrotra, Manuel A Caballer Gutiérrez, Chad M Scott, Spencer Arnold, Coline Monchanin, Voranop Viyakarn, Suchana Chavanich

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Article in ZooKeys, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

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7 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Rahul MehrotraReef Biology Research Group. Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.
Manuel A Caballer GutiérrezAmerican University of Paris, Department of Computer Science Math and Environmental Science, 6 rue du Colonel Combes, 75007 Paris, France.
Chad M ScottConservation Diver. 7321 Timber Trail Road, Evergreen, Colorado, 80439, USA.
Spencer ArnoldConservation Diver. 7321 Timber Trail Road, Evergreen, Colorado, 80439, USA.
Coline MonchaninAow Thai Marine Ecology Center, Koh Mun Nai, Kram, Klaeng District, Rayong 21110, Thailand.
Voranop ViyakarnReef Biology Research Group. Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2089-6356
Suchana ChavanichReef Biology Research Group. Department of Marine Science, Faculty of Science, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok 10330, Thailand.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6266-7300
Chulalongkorn University · THAmerican University of Paris · FRCentre National de la Recherche Scientifique · FR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Improved access to field survey infrastructure throughout South-East Asia has allowed for a greater intensity of biodiversity surveys than ever before. The rocky bottoms and coral reef habitats across the region have been shown to support some of the highest sea slug biodiversity on the planet, with ever increasing records. During the past ten years, intensive SCUBA surveys have been carried out at Koh Tao, in the Gulf of Thailand, which have yielded remarkable findings in sea slug biology and ecology. In this work a brief history of sea slug biodiversity research from Thailand is covered and a complete inventory of sea slugs from Koh Tao, Gulf of Thailand is provided. This inventory is based on surveys from 2012 to 2020, with previously unreported findings since 2016. Habitat specificity and species-specific ecology are reported where available with a focused comparison of coral reef habitats and deeper soft-sediment habitats. The findings contribute 90 new species records for Thai waters (92 for the Gulf of Thailand) and report a remarkable consistency in the proportional diversity found to be exclusive to one habitat type or another. Additionally, taxonomic remarks are provided for species documented from Koh Tao that have not been discussed in past literature from Thailand, and a summary of previous records in the Indo-West Pacific is given.

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Biodiversity explorationcoral reefsGulf of ThailandHeterobranchiasoft sediment habitats

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