Phyllodesmium cf. crypticum

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: AEOLIDINA
Family: Glaucidae

PHOTO

Pumula, south coast KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA, intertidal zone, July 2000. Size: 30mm. Photo: Valda Fraser.

Similar in shape and colour to Phyllodesmium cryticum but apparently differs externally in having long tuberculate rhinophores.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2001 (June 3) Phyllodesmium cf. crypticum [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/phylcfcryp

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