Roboastra gracilis from Australia

October 9, 2001
From: Marli Wakeling

Hi Bill,
Here's another nudibranch, a Roboastra gracilis from my recent travels.
Location: Challenger Bay, Great Barrier Reef, Australia.
Depth: 7 metres
Length: 25mm
Photograph: Marli Wakeling

Marli

scubamarli@excite.com

Wakeling, M., 2001 (Oct 9) Roboastra gracilis from Australia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5368

Thanks Marli,
Although the yellow on the body is not very clear, the disproportionally large rhinophores are a very charcteristic feature of this species
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Oct 9). Comment on Roboastra gracilis from Australia by Marli Wakeling. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5368

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