Costasiella sp. from Indonesia

October 28, 2008
From: Ann Clear

Hi Bill,
I took these photos of these tiny nudibranchs, who I found underneath a thick green leaf on a muck dive. They were very small and there was quite a current, hence the not so good photos. Dave Behrens kindly identified them for me as Costasiella kuroshimae, but I thought you might like to see them as there are not many of them on the forum and none from this area.

Locality: Lembeh Straits dive site retack larry, 10 metres, Indonesia, Molucca sea, 13 march 2007, muck dive . Length: 6 mm. Photographer: Ann Clear.

Best regards
Ann Clear

ann.clear@btinternet.com

Clear, A, 2008 (Oct 28) Costasiella sp. from Indonesia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20222

Dear Ann,

This is a species of Costasiella, but unless they show an incredible amount of colour variation I don't think this is C. kuroshimae. I am calling this one Costasiella sp. 3 on the Forum because I don't think it has a name at present.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2008 (Oct 28). Comment on Costasiella sp. from Indonesia by Ann Clear. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20222

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