Okenia pellucida from Ratnagiri, India

April 25, 2010
From: Vishal J. Bhave

Dear sir,
Seen those tiny slugs - Okenia pellucida - on a bryozoan looking like algae possibly Zoobotryon sp.; which was on the wall of rock pool. We counted around 24 individuals and seen white irregular tubular egg cases on branches of bryzoan.

As you have mentioned in one of your earlier messages the bryozoan was overgrown with green alga.

Locality: Mandavi, Ratnagiri, 10-70 centimeters, Maharashtra, India, Arabian Sea, 22 February 2010, Intertidal, deep rockpool, with loose rocks,. Length: 7-12 mm. Photographer: Vishal Bhave.

Vishal Bhave

vishalbhave@gmail.com

Bhave, V.J., 2010 (Apr 25) Okenia pellucida from Ratnagiri, India. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/23273

Dear Vishal,

It's certainly Okenia pellucida, and good to fill in another gap in its known distribution.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2010 (Apr 25). Comment on Okenia pellucida from Ratnagiri, India by Vishal J. Bhave. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/23273

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