Cratena lineata? from Poor Knights Islands

February 27, 2008
From: Ian Skipworth


Hi Bill

This is new one for me which I found the weekend before last.

Locality: Poor Knights Islands, 15 m, New Zealand, Pacific Ocean, 18 November 2007, Rocky reef. Length: 12 mm. Photographer: Ian Skipworth.

Any advice you can provide as to its identification would be much appreciated.

Cheers
Ian

ianskip@xtra.co.nz

Skipworth, I.R., 2008 (Feb 27) Cratena lineata? from Poor Knights Islands. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21217

Dear Ian,

This looks quite like the tropical Indo-West Pacific species Cratena lineata in colour, but the arrangement of the ceratal groups make me hesitate. I am afraid this is one of those times when I think a photo is not enough.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2008 (Feb 27). Comment on Cratena lineata? from Poor Knights Islands by Ian Skipworth. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21217

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