Nembrotha from East Africa
May 13, 2002
From: Bernard Picton
Note added 13 July 2002: This is probably N. milleri. See Mary Jane Adam's message.
Hi Bill,
Here are some photos of a dark green Nembrotha from Pemba Island, Tanzania, which is similar in colour to Nembrotha milleri. It has rounded tuberculate spots and is more slender than Nembrotha milleri. It was feeding on a colonial ascidian (family Polyclinidae?), shown in the picture. Debelius also has a picture of this species, page 184 as Tambja sp.. I haven't looked at the radula but guess it is a Nembrotha as it was eating ascidians.
PHOTOS: Feb 1999 - SW Pemba Is., Tanzania.
Bernard
bernard.picton.um@nics.gov.uk
Picton, B., 2002 (May 13) Nembrotha from East Africa. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/6438Dear Bernard,
I found this animal in Tanzania also. I am pretty sure it the animal Eliot (1904) identified as Nembrotha cristata but that species is black with bright green spots, while this is green with small black spots. As far as I know it is unnamed. Your photo with it alongside the colonial ascidian suggest it is another animal with quite good colour camouflage.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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