Ercolania sp. 4

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Superfamily: LIMAPONTIOIDEA
Family: Limapontiidae

PHOTO

Honiara, Solomon Islands, 8 December 2002. Photo: Bruce Potter.

As it reminds me a bit of Ercolania endophytophaga, and appears to have simple unfolded and ungrooved rhinophores, so I am going to call it Ercolania sp. 4. I could of course be quite wrong. See also discussion below comparing it to Stiliger smaragdinus.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2002 (December 19) Ercolania sp. 4 [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/ercosp4

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