Noumea varians from Reunion Island

October 24, 2002
From: Marina Poddubetskaia

Dear Bill,
I'm just come back from my holidays in Reunion Island and Mauritius (Indian Ocean). I made there many dives and found some interesting guys. I will need your help to identify some beautiful slugs and to confirm my IDs. So, I will begin my contributions to the Forum with this tiny beauty found under a stone in Reunion Island. Is it Noumea varians?

St-Leu, Reunion Island, Indian Ocean. Site: Eboulis Reef. Depth: 12m. Size: 4-5mm, October 10, 2002.
Photo: Marina Poddubetskaia - Nembro website

Best wishes,
Marina.

nembro@nembro.info

Poddubetskaia, M., 2002 (Oct 24) Noumea varians from Reunion Island. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/8257

Dear Marina,
Thanks for this photo. It is indeed Noumea varians. It is good to get a photo of it so clearly feeding. I have added to 'close-ups' to show the colour pattern and also to show the everted oral tube, a sure sign it is feeding.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (Oct 24). Comment on Noumea varians from Reunion Island by Marina Poddubetskaia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/8257

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