Chelidonura africana? from Cozumel, Mexico

August 31, 2005
From: James Lyle

I took this photograph of what I believe to be Chelidonura africana in Cozumel, Mexico. Do you confirm the identification? It was only about 2mm long.

Locality: Colombia Reef, Cozumel, Quintana Roo, Mexico. Caribbean. Depth: 15 meters. Length: 2 mm.12 August 2005. sand flat. Photographer: Jim Lyle

Jim Lyle

jlyle@scubadiving.com

Lyle, J.L., 2005 (Aug 31) Chelidonura africana? from Cozumel, Mexico. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/14673

Dear Jim,
Yes I think this is C. africana. It is the other end of the colour pattern range from Anne DuPont's recent animals [message #14644 ] from the Bahamas. In your animal you can only see traces of the orange banding which are so clear in her animals. In shape and size and colour variation it reminds me of the Indo-West pacific species C. sandrana.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2005 (Aug 31). Comment on Chelidonura africana? from Cozumel, Mexico by James Lyle. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/14673

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