Chelidonura from Malaysia

May 12, 2003
From: Harry Erhardt

Dear Bill,
Here is a Chelidonura I saw in Malaysia. It's not C. inornata because the white border is missing from velum

Lankanyou Is. Malaysia. Depth 24m - in sand. 13-14 March 2003

Harry Erhardt

dr.harry.erhardt@web.de

Erhardt, H., 2003 (May 12) Chelidonura from Malaysia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/9847

Dear Harry
It is a Chelidonuta, and yes it is not C. inornata. Apart from colour, there are quite distinct differences in body shape between species, and this is one of those species with essentially only one 'tail', the right one just being a rounded lobe as in Philinopsis. I am calling this Chelidonura sp. 5.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (May 12). Comment on Chelidonura from Malaysia by Harry Erhardt. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/9847

Factsheet

Chelidonura sp. 5