Liomera bella

Liomera bella (Dana, 1852) (Fig. 17A) Liomera bella Ng et al. 2008: 200; Ng et al. 2017: 91 (for complete collection records from Taiwan). Liomera (Liomera) bella Serène 1984: 60, fig. 21, pl. V E (for complete synonymy). Material examined: 1 ò, NMNS 8772-49, 5.7 × 3.4, Shihmen, New Taipei City, 12 October 2008. Distribution: Indo-West Pacific (Serène 1984). Remarks: The morphology of the current specimen (Fig. 17A) aligns with the description of L. bella (Dana, 1852) (Dana 1852b: 196, pl. 11, fig. 2). Previous records of this species in Taiwanese waters were from offshore islands in the southeast and southwest regions of the island (Suzuki 1985; Chen and Lo 2014). This study reports the presence of this species along the northern coast of Taiwan, where the annual surface seawater temperature in January is more than 5°C lower than that of southeastern and southwestern Taiwan (Central Weather Bureau 2023).