Facelina bostoniensis from Istanbul

July 11, 2007
From: Goker Goksel


Dear Bill,

The photo attached belongs to an unknown nudibranch. We sent this photo first to Baki Yokes who you probably know. He told us that he really could not tell what this is. We have been waiting to ask this to you for months now. We are constantly browsing your forum and database and could not find a match.

Locality: Yassiada, Istanbul, 30m, Turkey, Marmara Sea, 08 October 2006, muddy. Length: ~20mm. Photographer: Goker Goksel.

Hope you can help us.
Goker Goksel & Tunca Rodoplu

gokerg@yahoo.com

Goksel, G., 2007 (Jul 11) Facelina bostoniensis from Istanbul. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20151

Dear Goker & Tunca,
I am pretty sure this is Facelina bostoniensis. The annulations [ring-like ridges] on the rhinophores and the white pigmentation on the tips of the cerata and along the oral tentacles, and as a median line on the posterior part of the foot, are all good characters of this species.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Jul 11). Comment on Facelina bostoniensis from Istanbul by Goker Goksel. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20151

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