Re: Spurilla neapolitana? from Japan

March 16, 2000
From: Satoru Hori


Dear Bill,

Thanks for your prompt reply.
I attach another two photos by my friend Yutaka Yamada.

The animal in the first photo is red because he ate a red sea anemone. The rhinophores in this picture are the most clear one in the photos that I have. I think it is difficult for you to see the shape of the rhinophores.

You can see oral tentacles clearly in the second photos but no rhinophores.

Could you get any information this photos?

Best regards,
Satoru Hori.

ik8s-hr@asahi-net.or.jp

Hori, S., 2000 (Mar 16) Re: Spurilla neapolitana? from Japan. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2097

Dear Satoru,
I must say your photos, especially the red one make me think this is Spurilla neapolitana. I may be guessing but the rhinophores in the upper photo don't look smooth to me and could quite easily have ridges.

I am afraid the only way to be sure would be to find another specimen so we could look at its anatomy or at least check the shape of the rhinophores.

It doesn't look like any other species of the Aeolidiidae reported from Japan so if it were Spurilla neapolitana it would be an interesting new record. I would appreciate some comments from anyone familiar with true Spurilla neapolitana.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2000 (Mar 16). Comment on Re: Spurilla neapolitana? from Japan by Satoru Hori. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2097

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