Distribution. Korea, Southern Japan, Thailand, Philippines, Indo-west Pacific, Indonesia, Australia, South Africa, Tanzania, Madagascar, Mauritius, Seychelles, Red Sea to Maldives, Fiji, Solomon Island, Papua New Guinea, Vanatu, Gaum to Marshall Island. DNA barcode. COI sequences of the first mentioned specimen in the “ Material examined ” are as follows: 5 ′ - CGATCATTTTTATAATGTTATTGTAACAGCTCA TGCTTTTGTAATAATTTTCTTTTTGGTAATACCT TTAATAATTGGGGGGTTCGGAAATTGAATGGTC CCATTACTAATTGGTGCTCCAGACATAAGATTT CCCCGAATAAATAATATAAGTTTTTGGTTACTA CCACCATCTTTTATTTTATTATTATGCTCAACTTT AATAGAAGGTGGAGCTGGAACAGGGTGAACTG TTTATCCCCCATTATCTGGACCAATAGGACATG GTGGGACTTCTGTTGATTTAGTAATTTTTTCTTT ACACTTAGCTGGAGCCTCTTCTCTTCTAGGGGC AATTAATTTTATTACTACTATCTTCAATATACGT TCACCTGCTATAACAATGGAACGTTTAAGATTA TTTGTTTGGTCAGTTTTAGTGACAGCTTTTCTTT TACTTCTTTCTTTACCTGTTTTAGCAGGGGCTAT TACTATACTTTTAACGGATCGAAATTTTAACA- 3 ′. According to BLAST search to GenBank, this sequence matches 88 % with Phyllidia elegans (AJ 223276). There is no COI sequence information for P. ocellata in the GenBank. Therefore more COI records from different localities of the species are needed for correct molecular identification.
Sumber: A report on species of phyllidiid and polycerid nudibranch including two species new to Korea
