Haminoea cyanomarginata from Eilat

March 15, 2005
From: Oren Lederman


Hi Bill,
Late last year when the Forum was not working  [7-Oct-2004]  I found this animal which looks to be some kind of Atys. It was found in a dive site called "The Satil" (named after a wreck that can be found there. "Satil" means missile ship in Hebrew), at a depth of 25 meter (according to my diving computer) [Eilat, Israel, Red Sea].

 I found three of them together, each one was about 0.5 cm long.

Oren Lederman.

 

Lederman, O., 2005 (Mar 15) Haminoea cyanomarginata from Eilat. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/13307

Dear Oren,
This 'Atys' is very interesting. It is Haminoea cyanomarginata, which was originally described from the Sudanese Red Sea but has not been seen again until we got some reports from Turkey! So its good to get another record of it closer to its 'home'. Species of Atys are closely related to Haminoea. They usually have a more heavily calicified shell and some internal anatomical differences.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2005 (Mar 15). Comment on Haminoea cyanomarginata from Eilat by Oren Lederman. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/13307

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