Roboastra luteolineolata from Great Barrier Reef

December 19, 2005
From: Pasquale Pascullo

Hello Bill/everyone
I am real new to this site and id'ing nudi's
we are working on this one and was wondering if this was a Roboastra luteolineolata...
through pics and others, it seems so, just not totally sold on this yet. now that I have learned so much about it, if it is, I should have spent the whole dive with it, as for sure, this was a very active nudi and the descriptions of being a hunter, I look back thinking what I could have found maybe?

Dive Site called Monique, Norther Outer Reefs, Great Barrier Reef, Australia, Depth: 30 ft. Length: 3/4 inches. 1 December, 2005. Photographer: Pasquale Pascullo

ciao
Pasquale
NYC/NY is home.

pp@ppfotos.com

Pascullo, P., 2005 (Dec 19) Roboastra luteolineolata from Great Barrier Reef. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/15492

Dear Pat,
Yes this is Roboastra luteolineolata. The long oral tentacles on either side of the [bluish] mouth are typical of species of Tambja, although there are a few species of Tambja [see Tambja tentaculata] which break the rule..
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2005 (Dec 19). Comment on Roboastra luteolineolata from Great Barrier Reef by Pasquale Pascullo. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/15492

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