Armina scotti
{{Short description|Species of sea slug}}
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Armina scotti is a species of sea slug, a nudibranch, a marine gastropod mollusk in the family Arminidae. {{WRMS species|990403|Armina scotti Mehrotra, Caballer & Chavanich, 2017|1 April 2025}}
Description
Armina scotti have a black dorsum with yellow ridges, and typically have three yellow blotch-like spots on their exterior.{{Cite WoRMS |last=Bouchet |first=Philippe |date=2017-06-07 |title=Armina scotti Mehrotra, Caballer & Chavanich, 2017 |id=990403 |access-date=2025-03-25}} They have a blue and yellow submarginal band, and a yellow and black striped appearance. They are approximately {{cvt|35|mm}} in length.{{Cite web |date=2016-10-28 |title=Armina scotti Mehrotra, Caballer & Chavanich, 2017 |url=http://www.nudibranch.org/Indonesia%20Sea%20Slugs/html/nudibranchs/armina-scotti-02.html |access-date=2025-03-25 |website=Indonesia Nudibranchs & Sea Slugs}} They contain up to four rows of teeth.{{Cite journal |last=Mehrotra |first=Rahul |last2=Caballer Gutierrez |first2=Manuel |last3=Chavanich |first3=Suchana |date=June 2017 |title=On the genus Armina (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia) in Thailand |url=http://link.springer.com/10.1007/s12526-017-0691-6 |journal=Marine Biodiversity |language=en |volume=47 |issue=2 |pages=549–559 |doi=10.1007/s12526-017-0691-6 |issn=1867-1616|url-access=subscription }}
Distribution
Armina scotti have been found in Thailand, Philippines, Madagascar, Papua New Guinea, and Indonesia.
Discovery
Armina scotti was discovered in 2017 in Koh Tao, Thailand. It was discovered by Rahul Mehrotra during a project to record the diverse sea slug populations in the area. Mehrotra and his research team at the New Heaven Reef Conservation Program have continued to research sea slugs in Koh Tao.{{Cite web |last=Rahul |title=2017 - A Year of Discoveries and Science! |url=https://newheavenreefconservation.org/projects/coral-nursery-artificial-reef/8-blog/135-discoveries-and-science2017. |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=New Heaven Reef Conservation Program |language=en-gb}}
Conservation
Coral Reefs of Koh Tao, Thailand are home to a wide biodiversity of sea slugs. Reefs in Koh Tao are threatened by coral bleaching, reef tourism, and anthropogenic pollutants.{{Cite web |last=Scott |first=Chad |date=2023-06-17 |title=Sea Slug Diversity in Koh Tao, Thailand |url=https://conservationdiver.com/2023/06/17/sea-slug-diversity-in-koh-tao-thailand/ |access-date=2025-03-24 |website=Conservation Diver |language=en-US}}
References
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Further reading
- {{Cite journal |last=Mehrotra |first=Rahul |last2=Caballer Gutierrez |first2=Manuel |last3=Chavanich |first3=Suchana |date=2017-06-01 |title=On the genus Armina (Gastropoda: Heterobranchia: Nudibranchia) in Thailand |url=https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12526-017-0691-6 |journal=Marine Biodiversity |language=en |volume=47 |issue=2 |pages=549–559 |doi=10.1007/s12526-017-0691-6 |issn=1867-1624|url-access=subscription }}
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