First record of Elysia ornata from Eilat, Red Sea
January 28, 2005
From: Jacob Dafni
In the Coral World Park aquauria at Eilat very often nudibrach larvae enter with the sea water influx. I found two specimens of Elysia ornata one at the size of 5 cm and another much smaller, ca. 2 cm crawling on the aquarium walls. The northenmost record of this species in the Red Sea was from Arabia, by J. Chuk (in this Forum).
Locality: Eilat, Gulf of Aqaba, Israel, Red Sea
Length: ca. 5 cm. 14 January 2005.
Photographer: Dr. Jacob Dafni
Jacob Dafni
jdafni@netvision.net.il
Dafni, J., 2005 (Jan 28) First record of Elysia ornata from Eilat, Red Sea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/12946Dear Jacob,
Thanks for this photo. I am not sure if the black patch on the head is significant. It's a bit difficult to be sure whether this is the first record of the species from Eilat as we are still rting to determine just how many species there are. It is part of a complex of species or colour forms variously called E. grandifolia, E. ornata, and E. marginata. I am not sure what the story is but photos of new colour varaints are always welcome
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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