Thuridilla from Mombasa, Kenya
May 18, 2005
From: Valérie Besnard
Dear Bill,
During a stay in Kenya (March 2005), I saw this sea slug that I couldn't identify: May be it is an elysiid or arminid?, but I'm not sure that this bad picture allowes any identification...
Diani, Mombasa south, 15 March 2005, size 5 cm, depth 12m, coral reef
Thank you very much for your help !
Best regards,
Valérie
Length:
valeriebesnard@aol.com
Besnard, V, 2005 (May 18) Thuridilla from Mombasa, Kenya. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/13784Dear Valérie,
It is a species of the elysiid genus Thuridilla. There are still some problems in that genus, but your animal fits into a group I am identifying as Thuridilla gracilis, but there appears to be more than one species involved, but how to sort them out is still not clear.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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