Tethys fimbria from Turkey
October 19, 2002
From: Baki Yokes
Dear Bill,
Here is a photo of a Tethys fimbria from Antalya, for the use of the Forum. This species is common on the muddy bottoms of the North Aegean waters, but rarely observed elsewhere around Turkish coast. They are usually found below 20m.
Antalya, Turkey, Divesite: Kiris, Depth: 14m, June 2002. Size: 25cm. Photo: Adnan Buyuk [ado2000tr@yahoo.com].
Best wishes
Baki
bakiyokes@turk.net
Yokes, B., 2002 (Oct 19) Tethys fimbria from Turkey. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/8148
Dear Baki & Adnan,
Thanks for this great photo. It certainly has similarities to the large Indo-West Pacific species of Melibe, but in those species the large oral hood appears much thinner and more mobile than in Tethys. I would be very interested in a description of how it moves the hood when feeding. Does it stay extended like in Adnan's photo searching along like a metal detector? or does it contract and expand, lifting and falling, as is found in species of Melibe. It reminds me very much of the adaptations I have discussed for Euselenops and the other nudibranchs which live in soft sediments.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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