Cerberilla from Japan

April 25, 2002
From: Nishina Masayoshi


Dear Bill,
This animal has a very characteristic appearance but I have no idea what it is.

Photographed by T. Kenji
Data:Omijima Island, Yamaguchi pref.

Best Regards,
Nishina Masayoshi
http://umiushi.zive.net/index.html

nishina@wips.co.jp

Masayoshi, N., 2002 (Apr 25) Cerberilla from Japan. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/6665

Dear Nishina,
This is almost certainly another species of Cerberilla, although the rhinophores are proportionally very big for a species of that genus. I don't recognise the colour pattern so I will call it Cerberilla sp. 6 until we have a better name for it.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (Apr 25). Comment on Cerberilla from Japan by Nishina Masayoshi. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/6665

Factsheet

Cerberilla sp. 6