Re: Flabellina? from the Red Sea

October 26, 2002
From: Erwin Koehler

Hi Bill,
Dave Behrens IDed this slug as Cuthona sibogae.
Erwin

erwin@medslugs.de

Koehler, E., 2002 (Oct 26) Re: Flabellina? from the Red Sea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/8263

Thanks Erwin,
Dave Behrens could well be right. Certainly if the typical purple colour of C. sibogae removed this could easily be that species. Without being able to see the rhinophores, or the front of the foot, clearly any identification is a bit problematic.
Cheers,
Bill Rudman

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