Flabellina bicolor from South Africa

September 18, 2007
From: Valda Fraser

Dear Bill
Hope you can help with identification. Thanks

Locality: Pumula, KwaZulu-Natal, 35 m, South Africa, Indian, March 2007, Reef. Length: 15 mm. Photographer: Valda Fraser.

Regards
Valda Fraser

valdafraser@mweb.co.za

Fraser, V.J., 2007 (Sep 18) Flabellina bicolor from South Africa. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20686

Dear Valda,

This is a pair of Flabellina bicolor. The way the cerata are arranged in groups with a common stalk, and the paddle-shaped oral tentacles are characteristic of this species.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Sep 18). Comment on Flabellina bicolor from South Africa by Valda Fraser. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20686

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