Chelidonura livida
Yonow, 1994

Order: CEPHALASPIDEA
Superfamily: PHILINOIDEA
Family: Aglajidae

DISTRIBUTION

Previously known only from Red Sea but there are records on the Forum from Madagascar. There is also a message [ #3610] reporting a find from the Arafura Sea, northern Australia, suggesting a widespread Indian Ocean distribution

PHOTO

Red Sea, Sharm El Sheikh, divesite "Sharm El Sheikh" Size 15 mm, depth 8 m, nightdive, Sept. 09, 1997. PHOTO: Erwin Koehler

Black, or dark brown, with bright blue spots. It is apparently not uncommon at times on shallow sand flats, and grows to 40mm long. There is a photo in Yonow (1990), as C. africana.

References:
•Yonow, N. (1990) Red Sea Opisthobranchia 3: The orders sacoglossa, Cephalaspidea, and Nudibranchia: Doridacea (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia). Fauna of Saudi Arabia, 11: 286-299.
•Yonow, N. (1994) A new species and a new record of Chelidonura from the Red Sea (Cephalaspidea: Aglajidae). Journal of Conchology, 35: 141-147.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 1999 (September 4) Chelidonura livida Yonow, 1994. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/chellivi

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