Flabellina bicolor from Okha, Gulf of Kutch,India

January 19, 2010
From: Bhavik Patel

Dear Bill,

I am working in Bombay Natural History Society as Education Officer. Recently I was in the Okha reef, Gulf of Kutch,Gujarat, India on a survey trip. During the visit I found this slug which was later on identified as Flabellina bicolor by my colleague Dishant Parasharya. This observed specimen, about 0.3 cm in length, was roaming around alone on the small flat surfaced rock covered with small algae patch. It was feeding on the algae (sp. not been identified) and was about at 10 cm. depth. Photograph was taken with Nikon Coolpix L4.

Locality: Okha jetty, 10 cm., Gujarat,India, Gulf of Kutch, 13 January, 2010, Rocky Habitat with spotted tidal pool and algae patches. Length: 0.3 cm. Photographer: Bhavik Patel.

Bhavik Patel

pbhavik79@gmail.com

Patel, B.K., 2010 (Jan 19) Flabellina bicolor from Okha, Gulf of Kutch,India. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/23107

Dear Bhavik,

I remember finding this species at Okha in 1971, but I was so short of film I could only take one photo which was terribly overexposed. Although your animal is very small we can see the flattened 'paddle-like' oral tentacles. As I have mentioned elsewhere this is one of a few species of Flabellina with these paddle-shaped tentacles which are flapped up and down as the animal crawls along. Although it seems rather interested in the green algae, aeolid nudibranchs are carnivorous, and all flabellinids, with the possible exception of Flabellina trophina, feed on hydroids.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2010 (Jan 19). Comment on Flabellina bicolor from Okha, Gulf of Kutch,India by Bhavik Patel. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/23107

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