Re: Limapontia capitata

January 8, 2002
From: Kathe R. Jensen

Dear Mike and Bill,
So nice to see an old friend from "home". I did my master's thesis on Limapontia capitata 27 years ago. At 2 mm this specimen is almost certainly a juvenile. However, L. capitata does not have rhinophores; adults usually have distinct "crests" on the head. The species with rhinophores (simple, not auriculate) is L. senestra (previously known as L. cocksi or Acteonia cocksi).

It could very well be feeding on Bryopsis at Tjarnoe (one of those localities that are impossible to spell without a Scandinavian keyboard). However, it is more likely that it was feeding on a species of Cladophora, which is also finely filamentous, but has "cells" or septae, which are visible under low magnification.

This species must be very difficult to photograph. I realized that even after all these years I don't have a good picture. I think they move too fast for close-up photography.

Happy New Year to all,
Kathe

jensen@ait.ac.th

Jensen, K.R., 2002 (Jan 8) Re: Limapontia capitata. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5920

Thanks Kathe,
Bill Rudman

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