Pale Cyerce elegans from Heron Island
December 6, 2007
From: Julie Marshall
Dear Bill,
Attached is a photo of Cyerce elegans found recently at Heron Island [Great Barrier Reef]. The animal was one of a pair found under a dead coral slab at the reef crest at low tide. The photo shows the very inflated nature of the cerata. The only other C. elegans I have found at Heron Island before was pale red.
Locality: Heron Island, Intertidal, Queensland, Australia, Pacific Ocean, 23 November 2007, Intertidal. Length: 20 mm. Photographer: Julie Marshall.
Best wishes,
Julie Marshall
juliegm@gmail.com
Marshall, J.G., 2007 (Dec 6) Pale Cyerce elegans from Heron Island. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21252
Dear Julie,
Thanks for this photo. It shows the shape - and volume - of the cerata so well I couldn't resist including a couple of close-ups.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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