Nembrotha lineolata from Tanzania

May 29, 2006
From: Claus Gregersen

Hi Bill
After having browsed through all your colour varations of Nembrotha lineolata I'm pretty sure that the attached photo shows one as well.

However, the photo was taken in the south of Tanzania so perhaps distribution could be expanded a bit (if you agree to the id, of course)?

Locality: Dive site Mini Monos in Mikindani Bay, 14 metres, Tanzania, Indian Ocean, 16 November 2005, Coral patches and rubble. Length: ??. Photographer: Lene Kim Slengerich.

Best regards
Claus Gregersen

e-mail@kofte.dk

Claus Gregersen, 2006 (May 29) Nembrotha lineolata from Tanzania. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16685

Dear Claus,
This is a very interesting find. Your animal does indeed look as though it is Nembrotha lineolata which, to my knowledge has only been reported from the Pacific Ocean and Indonesian Archipelago. I have wondered the Indian Ocean N. purpureolineata was a geographic colour form of N. lineolata, but your specimen from as far west in the Indian Ocean as you can go, would suggest that they are probably different.

It is an exciting find
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (May 29). Comment on Nembrotha lineolata from Tanzania by Claus Gregersen. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16685

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