Herviella yatsui from Japan

October 4, 2001
From: Jun Imamoto

Dear Bill
Though we went for scuba diving, the sea was so rough we couldn't dive. Instead we looked for any sea slugs on the nearby beach. We found a pool of about 30cm depth with many sea slugs. There was one sea slug which I couldn't name. I think that it is of the Facelinidae family.

Place: Izu Peninsula, Shimoda, Sagami Bay, Japan (Suzaki is near.) Depth: 0.3m. 30 Sep 2001. Size: about 8-10mm., Water temperature: 26C degrees.

Best Regards,
Jun Imamoto

imamoto@wips.co.jp

Imamoto, J., 2001 (Oct 4) Herviella yatsui from Japan. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5386

Dear Jun,
I am sorry you couldn't go diving but pleased that you found this interesting pool. This sea slug is one of many which seem to be found only in the intertidal region and so are often never seen by diving. Your species is Herviella yatsui which Baba reports is quite common intertidally under stones on both the Pacific and Japan Sea coasts of Japan. I have prepared a new page for the Forum on this species.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Bill Rudman, 2001 (Oct 4). Comment on Herviella yatsui from Japan by Jun Imamoto. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5386

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