British Columbia mystery

June 26, 2003
From: Marli Wakeling

Hi Bill,
Hope you are well. I have a photo (not great due to the size of lens) of what I think is the same animal I sent in earlier. It looks like a Eubranchus, but doesn't seem to match anything I have. Perhaps someone might be of assistance in identifying the little critter.

Location: Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia, Canada.
Depth: 45 feet
Length: 4mm
Photo: Marli Wakeling

Marli Wakeling

scubamarli@excite.com

Wakeling, M., 2003 (Jun 26) British Columbia mystery. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10087

See message #10324 - probably C. flavovulta

Dear Marli,
It's a bit hard to be sure by I think this could be Cuthona fulgens (MacFarland, 1966). It has the same intense white on the rhinophores and oral tentacles and apparently an orange-yellow band on the cerata. But I am afraid its a bit fuzzy to be sure of its identity, but I think it is different from your earlier animal.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (Jun 26). Comment on British Columbia mystery by Marli Wakeling. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10087

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Cuthona flavovulta

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