Lomanotus genei from Scotland

March 14, 2006
From: Sean Ferris

Hi there,
I wrote to Jim Anderson about this nudibranch just to confirm that it is a Lomanotus geneiso he said to show you it.

It was about 8 to 9ins long

Locality: Isle of Arran, 16m, Clyde, 26/02/06, sand & gravel. Length: about 8 to 9 ins long. Photographer: Sean Ferris.

Sean Ferris

ferrissean@yahoo.com

Ferris, S., 2006 (Mar 14) Lomanotus genei from Scotland. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16060

Dear Sean,
I'm glad Jim asked you to forward this to the Forum as it we haven't photos of this reddish colour form. Your photos also show the structure of the 'cerata' along the side of the mantle very well. In the close-up I have included you can see rounded ducts running along the edges of each ceras. These are blood filled and presumably act as gills. The flower-like rhinophore pockets in the close-up alongside show that these nudibranchs are dendronotoideans, related to Tritonia, Bornella and Doto.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Mar 14). Comment on Lomanotus genei from Scotland by Sean Ferris. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16060

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