Hawaiian Aplysia?

July 20, 2006
From: Sean Kearney

Hello Bill
...As often happens, while looking at photos I find critters that didn't see while taking the photo. The poor quality of these pictures requires that I send two photos to see the whole animal. Aplysia sp?.

Locality: Makaha Caverns, 25 ft., Oahu, Hawaii, Pacific, 12 July 2006, Coral reef. Length: 3/8 inch. Photographer: S. Kearney.

Would appreciate ID help.
Thanks for your great site.
Sean Kearney

skearney@dc.rr.com

Kearney, S., 2006 (Jul 20) Hawaiian Aplysia?. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17152

Dear Sean,
The animal ringed in your upper photo [also lower left photo] is a juvenile Aplysia parvula. The animal in your second photo, of which I have only included a close-up [lower right] is almost certainly Flabellina exoptata

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Jul 20). Comment on Hawaiian Aplysia? by Sean Kearney. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17152

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