Elysiidae from Kerama Id, Japan (3)

September 11, 2001
From: Jun Imamoto

Dear Dr.Rudman,

Here is a another elysiid I photographed at Zamami, near Okinawa, Japan between July 13-17, 2001.

Length: 8mm depth: 5M
Water temp: 29-30C degree

Best Regards,
Jun Imamoto

imamoto@wips.co.jp

Imamoto, J., 2001 (Sep 11) Elysiidae from Kerama Id, Japan (3). [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4980

Dear Jun,
I think this is a juvenile Thuridilla. The colour of the rhinophores is quite like a number of species of that genus.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Sep 11). Comment on Elysiidae from Kerama Id, Japan (3) by Jun Imamoto. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4980

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