Re: Armina cf. japonica from Thailand

September 1, 2000
From: Kathe R. Jensen

Note added 11 March 2010: This is now considered a species of Dermatobranchus. [See message #23319]

Dear Bill,

You tentatively assigned this species of Armina to A. japonica, provided it does not have papillae on the head veil. Some years ago I described the anatomy of some species of Armina from Hong Kong. One was a black and yellow striped species with papillae on the head veil. This I identified as Armina comta (Bergh, 1880). It is also the species figured in Orr, J. (1981) Hong Kong Nudibranchs. Possibly it is also the one figured in Debelius' book.

Reference: Jensen, K.R. (1997) The Arminidae (Mollusca: Opisthobranchia) of Hong Kong. Pp. 159-187 in: The Marine Flora and Fauna of Hong Kong and Southern China IV (ed. B. Morton). Hong Kong University Press.

Regards,
Kathe

jensen@ait.ac.th

Jensen, K.R., 2000 (Sep 1) Re: Armina cf. japonica from Thailand. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2957

Thanks Kathe,
Bill Rudman.

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