Mexichromis multituberculata from Egypt
August 3, 2005
From: Martina Balzarova
Hi,
Can you help me? I have some pictures of slugs. It´s from Red sea. I think that it is Mexichromis multituberculata or Mexichromis mariei. What do you think?
Martina
Locality: grass bottom near coast, Dahab, Egypt, Red Sea. Depth: 15 m. Length: 5 cm. 10 August 2004 Photographer: Martina Balzarova
Martina Balzarova
seamaster@vol.cz
Balzarova, M., 2005 (Aug 3) Mexichromis multituberculata from Egypt. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/14452Dear Martina,
From the very large tubercles this can only be Mexichromis multituberculata, which makes your find a very large range extension from the Western Pacific.
One thing of special interest is that your photos could have been part of the same series of photos in Jun Imamoto's message [#14106 ] from Japan. In both cases, the animals are feeding on the same sponge, which Dr P.R. Bergquist has identified as a species of Euryspongia [F. Dysideidae]. This is a very valuable addition to our knowledge of the biology of this species.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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