Chelidonura livida from United Arab Emirates

May 15, 2001
From: Peter Hardy


I have, I believe, noted a group of Chelidonura livida in the shallow waters of The Club in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates. They are in 0.5 to 2.0 meters of water in a busy swimming area of this recreational club, in April 2001.

Although I have used this area often for both swimming and also as a scuba training site I have not seen, or heard of, them before. They were all seen just on the fringe of the areas of weed just below the low water level.
Best wishes,
Pete

hardy@emirates.net.ae

Hardy, P., 2001 (May 15) Chelidonura livida from United Arab Emirates. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4261

Dear Pete,
Thanks for this interesting selection of photos which show it variability in colour. It's definitely an animal we don't know much about but seems to be quite common in the Red Sea, NW Indian Ocean region.
Bill Rudman

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