More on Navanax inermis

August 16, 2007
From: Kevin Lee


As a follow up to my earlier message [#20446], I wanted to share a color variation of Navanax. Am not sure if the brown version is a separate species. Is it?

And just for fun, here's a shot of a Navanax mighty close to a Cadlina flavomaculata. The Nav touched the slug, but passed up the snack.

Locality: Channel Islands, 40 feet, California, USA, Eastern Pacific, reefs. Length: 6cm ~ 8cm. Upper:  08 Sept 2005, Catalina Island, California
Middle: 06 Mar 2007, Catalina Island, California. Lower: 08 Jul 2007, Anacapa Island, California. Photographer: Kevin Lee.

K:-)

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Kevin Lee, 2007 (Aug 16) More on Navanax inermis. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20447

Dear Kevin,

As with your earlier message, these photos all show the oral ridges very well. As you will see in Dave Behrens recent comments to Ken Tucker [#20188], the brown animal is just a colour form.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Aug 16). Comment on More on Navanax inermis by Kevin Lee. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20447

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