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

R Mehrotra, MAC Gutiérrez, CM Scott, S Arnold… - ZooKeys, 2021 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
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 …

Slugging it out for science: volunteers provide valuable data on the diversity and distribution of heterobranch sea slugs

SDA Smith, TR Davis - Molluscan Research, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
There is increasing interest in participation by volunteers in data collection for marine
ecosystems. Here we evaluate the contribution that citizen scientists can make to …

Fantastic flatworms and where to find them: Insights into intertidal polyclad flatworm distribution in southeastern Australian boulder beaches

L Tosetto, JM McNab, PA Hutchings, J Rodríguez… - Diversity, 2023 - mdpi.com
There is a rapid and extensive decline of our marine biodiversity due to human impacts.
However, our ability to understand the extent of these effects is hindered by our lack of …

The role of sea hares as significant algal herbivores on the Southern Great Barrier Reef

R Crofts, M Little, S Ward - Marine Biology, 2024 - Springer
Sea hares are cryptic, herbivorous sea slugs present on many coral reefs worldwide.
Although they are known to consume high quantities of macroalgae, they are rarely …

Diel and seasonal variation in heterobranch sea slug assemblages within an embayment in temperate eastern Australia

MF Larkin, SDA Smith, RC Willan, TR Davis - Marine Biodiversity, 2018 - Springer
Biodiversity surveys of marine species are largely conducted during the day, and often over
relatively short timeframes, due to practical, operational, and budgetary constraints. As a …

Quantifying temporal variation in heterobranch (Mollusca: Gastropoda) sea slug assemblages: tests of alternate models

SDA Smith, MJ Nimbs - Molluscan Research, 2017 - Taylor & Francis
Assemblages of heterobranch sea slugs are notoriously variable in space and time which
has sometimes led to their exclusion from broader studies of patterns of biodiversity. This …

[HTML][HTML] A historical summary of the distribution and diet of Australian sea hares (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Aplysiidae)

MJ Nimbs, RC Willan, SDA Smith - Zoological studies, 2017 - ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Abstract Matt J. Nimbs, Richard C. Willan, and Stephen DA Smith (2017) Recent studies
have highlighted the great diversity of sea hares (Aplysiidae) in central New South Wales …

An updated inventory of marine opisthobranch (Mollusca, Gastropoda) from the territorial waters of the Republic of Mauritius

L Ah Shee Tee, C Appadoo, D Puchooa… - Journal of Oceanology …, 2024 - Springer
Island ecosystems support diverse aquatic invertebrate communities comprising endemic
taxa. Documentation of existing species is important for conservation. In this study, a …

The heterobranch sea slugs of Lord Howe Island, NSW, Australia (Mollusca: Gastropoda)

MJ Nimbs, I Hutton, TR Davis, MF Larkin… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - CSIRO Publishing
The distribution of heterobranch sea slugs is generally poorly documented at a regional
scale. Thus, it is currently difficult to quantify biodiversity, identify endemic and invasive …

Revision of the southern distribution limit for the tropical marine herbivore Syphonota geographica (A. Adams & Reeve, 1850) (Heterobranchia: Aplysiidae) in a global …

MJ Nimbs, SDA Smith - Australian Zoologist, 2017 - meridian.allenpress.com
The aplysiid sea hare, Syphonota geographica has a predominantly circumtropical
distribution. Over the last 15 years, it has spread throughout the eastern Mediterranean Sea …