Cuthona sp. 10

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: AEOLIDINA
Family: Tergipedidae

PHOTO

Locality: Tulamben, 20 feet, Bali, Indonesia, Pacific, July 2005, sand and rubble. Length: 8 mm. Photographer: Marli Wakeling.

Possibly a species of Cuthona.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2008 (August 22) Cuthona sp. 10 [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/cuthsp10

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Cuthona? from Bali

August 25, 2008
From: Marli Wakeling

Hi Bill,
Forgive me for reposting this, but I think it may have been lost years ago. Now that this species has become a star in National Geographic magazine (in a photo by Dave Doubilet), perhaps it will get described one of these days. I have now seen several other photos of this beauty, all from the Tulamben area in Bali.

Locality: Tulamben, 20 feet, Bali, Indonesia, Pacific, July 2005, sand and rubble. Length: 8 mm. Photographer: Marli Wakeling.

Cheers,
Marli

scubamarli@gmail.com

Wakeling, M., 2008 (Aug 25) Cuthona? from Bali. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21801

Thanks Marli,

Sorry if your earlier message joined the 'check it out when I have time pile'.  It could well be a Cuthona or at least a tergipedid so I'll post it as Cuthona sp. 10.

I guess the National Geographic article you mention is in the June 2008 issue.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2008 (Aug 25). Comment on Cuthona? from Bali by Marli Wakeling. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21801