Flabellina hamanni from Aruba, Caribbean Sea

December 6, 2006
From: Florent Charpin


Hi Bill,

I found this nudibranch in Aruba, about 50 feet deep in the middle of a small sandy patch in the reef and I'm been unable to identify it. It was about one inch long.

Locality: Near the Jane Sea wreck, 50 feet, Aruba, Caribbean Sea, 23 November 2005. Length: 1 inch. Photographer: Florent Charpin.

Thanks,
Florent

florent@charpin.net

Charpin, F., 2006 (Dec 6) Flabellina hamanni from Aruba, Caribbean Sea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/18939

Dear Florent,
This is Flabellina hamanni. There is a similarly coloured species, Flabellina marcusorum, but it is more transparent and the purple band on the cerata seems to be much more diffuse.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Dec 6). Comment on Flabellina hamanni from Aruba, Caribbean Sea by Florent Charpin. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/18939

Factsheet

Flabellina hamanni

Related messages

  1. Turks & Caicos Nudibranch - Flabellina hamanni
    From: Lucy Bullard, September 2, 2006
  2. Flabellina hamanni Fact Sheet
    From: Bill Rudman, February 9, 2006
  3. Re: Flabellina marcusorum from Bahamas?
    From: Terry Gosliner, February 7, 2006
  4. Flabellina marcusorum from Bahamas?
    From: Les Wilk, January 25, 2006

Show factsheet and all related messages