Cuthona yamasui from Borneo
July 11, 2003
From: Makoto Uesugi
Hello Dr.Rudman,
Nice to meet you. I found this species at Satang Besar Island, NW Borneo.
I think this is a species of Cuthona sp. but, I can’t identify it. Can you help pleas?
Date: 21 May 2003
Location: Satang Besar Island, Sarawak, Malaysia
Depth: 2m
Length: about 3cm
Photo by Makoto Uesugi
Best Regards
Makoto Uesugi
makotoue@tm.net.my
Uesugi, M., 2003 (Jul 11) Cuthona yamasui from Borneo. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10294Dear Makoto,
It is nice to get more photos of this species as it is giving us a good idea of it colour variation. It is Cuthona yamasui. This species seems to live only on the stinging hydroid Aglaophenia cupressina, which, from your photo is where you found this animal.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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