Costasiella ocellifera from Barbados

April 4, 2006
From: Kira Alleyne

I found this little creature while snorkelling at Bath, St. John and was hoping someone could identify it for me. I am student at the University of the West Indies: Cave Hill Campus doing research on the Opisthobranchs of Barbados.

Locality: Beach, 0.5m, Barbados, Caribbean Sea, March 23rd 2006, Intertidal. Length: 6mm. Photographer: Nicole Marshall.

Kira Alleyne

kira_alleyne@hotmail.com

Alleyne, K., 2006 (Apr 4) Costasiella ocellifera from Barbados. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16178

Dear Kira,
This is a little sacoglossan called Costasiella ocellifera. It is usually associated with it food plant Avrainvillea.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Apr 4). Comment on Costasiella ocellifera from Barbados by Kira Alleyne. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16178

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Costasiella ocellifera

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