Flabellina? from the Red Sea

October 24, 2002
From: Erwin Koehler

Dear Bill,
This one is from the Red Sea, Egypt, Sha'ab Mansour, size about 3 cm, depth 20 m, Sept. 30, 1999. It was taken by Jim Anderson [JAnder4454@aol.com]

Erwin Koehler

Erwin@medslugs.de

Koehler, E., 2002 (Oct 24) Flabellina? from the Red Sea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4074

Dear Erwin,
It looks like a species of Flabellina and possibly F. exoptata, but I can't see enough detail in the rhinophores to be sure. Both the rhinophores and the oral tentacles appear to be a uniform purple, which is not the usual colour for F. exoptata.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman


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