Flabellina marcusorum from Tobago, West Indies

August 15, 2003
From: Solomon Baksh

This image as taken in Tobago, West Indies.

Size: 1.5 cm

Paul Humann said that the species closely related to the blue streak nudibranch but may be an entirely new species.

Can you please help identify this species of nudibranch.

Solomon Baksh

chromis@tstt.net.tt

Baksh, S., 2003 (Aug 15) Flabellina marcusorum from Tobago, West Indies. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10744

Dear Solomon,
Luckily I have just received from Paul Humann a copy the Enlarged 2nd Edition of his Reef Creature Identification - Florida Caribbean Bahamas which he has written with Ned Deloach. I will prepare a review to update the existing review when I get a moment.

Armed with this book I can identify what you mean by the 'Blue Streak Nudibranch'. Your animal is in fact the next one down page 305 which Humann & Deloach identify as Flabellina sp. It is Flabellina marcusorum. I have included a close-up of the head alongside to show the papillate rhinophores. This species is known from only a few records so your find is an important addition to our knowledge. Humann & Deloach's photo is from Belize, which is another new record.

• Humann, P. & Deloach, N. (2002) Reef Creature Identification - Florida Caribbean Bahamas. 2nd Edition. 420pp. New World Publications: Jacksonville.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (Aug 15). Comment on Flabellina marcusorum from Tobago, West Indies by Solomon Baksh. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10744

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