Flabellina sp. 8

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: AEOLIDINA
Family: Flabellinidae

PHOTO

Locality: Tasi Tolu, 17 meters, East Timor, Banda Sea, 19 February 2007, sandy slope. Length: 1 cm. Photographer: Brian Francisco.

Purple rhinophores and ring of red spots on cerata seem distinctive. In one specimens rhinophores appear to be smooth but in another, there are plates or brackets running halfway around the rhinophores.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2007 (June 23) Flabellina sp. 8 [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/flabsp8

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