Re: Cuthona caerulea from French Mediterranean

April 11, 2008
From: Dominique Horst

Concerning message #7497:

Hello Bill,

This Cuthona caerulea is a bit different in colour. The yellow of the rhinophore and oral tentacle is not strong. This is probably because it is a juvenile individual. But this one was already a nice size for a juvenile...

Locality: Antibes, 10 m, France, Mediterranean sea, 16 March 2008. Length: 15 mm. Photographer: Dominique Horst.

Kind regards,
/Dom.

dominique.horst@wanadoo.fr

Horst, D., 2008 (Apr 11) Re: Cuthona caerulea from French Mediterranean. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21455

Dear Dom,

From your photo this doesn't look like a juvenile. I suspect the paler yellow is just individual variation. It is a spectacularly coloured speices. 

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2008 (Apr 11). Comment on Re: Cuthona caerulea from French Mediterranean by Dominique Horst. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21455

Factsheet

Cuthona caerulea

Related messages

  1. Re: Cuthona cf. caerulea from Senegal
    From: Marina Poddubetskaia, June 5, 2009
  2. Re: Cuthona caerulea feeding
    From: Dominique Horst, June 5, 2009
  3. Cuthona cf. caerulea from Senegal
    From: Marina Poddubetskaia, July 2, 2003
  4. Cuthona caerulea from French Mediterranean
    From: Marina Poddubetskaia, July 19, 2002
  5. Cuthona caerulea from Spain
    From: Erwin Koehler, May 20, 2000

Show factsheet and all related messages