Philinopsis ? from Eilat, Red Sea
October 19, 2005
From: Binyamin Koretz
Dear Bill,
This one looks to us like a Philinopsis sp, with a very high, tapered headshield 'horn'. I'm not sure it comes across in the photos, but it was quite translucent.
Locality: Eilat, Village Beach, Israel, Red Sea (Gulf of Eilat). Depth: 4 m. Length: 15 mm (18 mm when stretched out). 11 July 2005 (night). sand and rubble slope. Photographer: Binyamin and Shulamit Koretz
Binyamin Koretz
binyamin@koretz.net
Koretz, B., 2005 (Oct 19) Philinopsis ? from Eilat, Red Sea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/14269
Dear Binyamin,
This is a strange looking animal. It certainly has the look of an aglajid, such as Philinopsis, but in your last photo, the headshield 'horn' is very reminscent of a gastropterid, or mote specifically a Siphopteron. The body wall does appear very transparent, and because of that I am not sure whether the yellow-brown shell we can see in the photo alongside, has a foramen or hole thought the dorsal mantle wall, or just that the mantle wall is very thin at that point.
What ever the situation, I think we are stumped without an animal to loook at or even a shell. It is always possible that the empty shell has been found, and named and placed in one of many genera, but we will never know until another animal is found and the shell removed for comparison. Until we know more I will call it Aglajid sp. 9
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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