Chelidonura flavolobata - extreme close up

March 9, 2006
From: Oren Lederman


Hi Bill,

I took these pictures of the head of Chelidonura flavolobata last weekend and thought you might find it interesting.

Locality: "Princess Beach", Eilat bay, ~15 meters, Israel, Red Sea, 05 March 2006, Coral head. Length: ~4cm. Photographer: Oren Lederman.

Oren Lederman

lederman@bigmail.co.il

Lederman, O., 2006 (Mar 9) Chelidonura flavolobata - extreme close up. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16039

Dear Oren,
Thanks for these wonderful views of the head of Chelidonura. The sensory bristles on raised fleshy pads on either side of the mouth are unique to this family and seem to have arisen from compound cilia. They are developed to the greatest degree in species of Chelidonura. There are huge nerves from them running back to the cerebral ganglia, emphasising their important role in providing information from the chemical traces left in mucous trails by potential prey animals.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Mar 9). Comment on Chelidonura flavolobata - extreme close up by Oren Lederman. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16039

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