Re: Phidiana militaris from Kerala State, India

September 7, 2009
From: Biju Kumar

Dear Bill:

I am attaching a photograph of  Phidiana militaris (Alder & Hancock, 1864) that we collected from the southwest coast of India. Based on the information you provided in Sea Slug Forum, we have tried to identify them, with little expertise on sea slugs!

Kindly confirm the identification. As the shallow rocky pool areas of southwest coast of India are not surveyed seriously for associated biodiversity, there are possibilities of finding new distribution records from this region. We are currently working on preparing a marine biodiversity database for Kerala State of India.

One specimen was collected attached to the sea weed Sargassum sp.
Locality: Arabian Sea/Indian Ocean; Kovalam (Lat. 80 05' N; Long. 770 15' E), Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala State, India. Habitat: Sargassum sp. attached to the rock. Size: 1.8 cm Date: 22 June 2009

Thanking you
Sincerely,
Biju

Dr. A. Biju Kumar
Dept. of Aquatic Biology & Fisheries
University of Kerala,
Thiruvananthapuram
Kerala, INDIA

bijupuzhayoram@gmail.com

Kumar, B., 2009 (Sep 7) Re: Phidiana militaris from Kerala State, India. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22652

Dear Biju,

Yes this is Phidiana militaris. It is good to get another record from India. This species seems to be easily identified by the orange Y shaped pattern on the head.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2009 (Sep 7). Comment on Re: Phidiana militaris from Kerala State, India by Biju Kumar. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22652

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