Phyllidiopsis burni from Papua New Guinea

July 1, 2002
From: Mary Jane Adams


Hi Bill,
I have this slide in my Phyllidiella pustulosa file, but I am not sure it is. The rhinophores are lamellate. I enlarged the image and tried to count the lamella. I don't know the standard way to count lamella, but it looks like about 17 to me. It has a foram riding just above the arch in the mantle edge. Luadi, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea, May, 1998. Length: 40 mm, Depth: about 5 meters
Thanks!
Mary Jane

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Adams, M.J., 2002 (Jul 1) Phyllidiopsis burni from Papua New Guinea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3784

Dear Mary Jane,
This is Phyllidiopsis burni. The colour of the animal, and the arrangement of tubercles, fir very well. The 17 rhinophoral lamellae also fit within Brunckhorst's range for this species. It's good to get further records of this species as Brunckhorst had only one record from the Great Barrier Reef, one from Papua New Guinea, and a few from Micronesia.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (Jul 1). Comment on Phyllidiopsis burni from Papua New Guinea by Mary Jane Adams. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3784

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