Re: Aeolid from Kerama Is

September 11, 1999
From: Terry Gosliner

Dear Bill,
The animal that Atsushi sent is a species of Babakina. We have been calling it Babakina festiva, but we need to look at this weird group of aeolids from all over the world to see if they represent a single species. The animal in Atsushi's photo looks just like a specimen that I collected in the southern Philippines. Other animals from Japan, California and Spain look a bit different. Lucas Cervera and I are hoping to be able to conduct the work to answer some of these questions.
All the best,
Terry

tgosline@calacademy.org

Gosliner, T., 1999 (Sep 11) Re: Aeolid from Kerama Is. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1324

Thanks Terry,
I'm glad you Californians are keeping alert! I must say after looking at the published photos, and Roller's description, that I wouldn't have guessed this was related to Babakina festiva. In the two editions of Dave Behrens' pacific Coast Nudibranchs the colours are much more intense and the rhinophores don't seem to be as large rhinophores as in Atsushi's photo. Are these the sort of variations you plan to look at?
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 1999 (Sep 11). Comment on Re: Aeolid from Kerama Is by Terry Gosliner. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1324

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