Re: Lomanotus from the Philippines

July 11, 2008
From: Jim Anderson


Concerning message #10797:

Bill,

You may be interested in the attached.

This part of the world is remarkably rich in nudibranch fauna. See my site at www.pinoyseaslugs.com  for the animals recently seen during 3 weeks of diving.

Locality: Secret Bay, Batangas, Luzon, 14 m, Philippines, W. Pacific, 5 May 2008, On hydroid on gravel slope. Length: 20 mm. Photographer: Jim Anderson.

Jim Anderson.

jander4454@gmail.com

Anderson, J, 2008 (Jul 11) Re: Lomanotus from the Philippines. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21689

Dear Jim,

Thanks for the photos. Yes the Philippines-Indonesian region is particularly rich - lets hope the local people's desire for food and a better life, and the developed world's insatiable desire to put pretty fish etc in aquaria doesn't destroy it.

I am particularly interested in the little orange threads on the edge of the mantle. At first I thought they were debris caught on the mantle but they are so regularly arranged that they must be part of the animal. Perhaps little gills? Some species do have small gill-like branches but usually they are transparent and almost invisible.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2008 (Jul 11). Comment on Re: Lomanotus from the Philippines by Jim Anderson. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21689

Factsheet

Lomanotus sp. 1.

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