Aldisa williamsi from Indonesia
October 1, 2002
From: Olivia
Dear Bill,
Could you help us to identify this animal. The original colour was light green - yellow with the rhinophore and gills a simila colour.
Dive site: 17 islands, Riung near Flores island
Date: October, 2001
Depth: 3 - 7 metres
orriginal collour: light green - yellow
Thanks,
Olivia,
Indonesia
olivia_inigue@yahoo.com
Olivia, 2002 (Oct 1) Aldisa williamsi from Indonesia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/8082Dear Olivia,
It is always difficult to be sure with preserved animals, but from the tubercles on the back and the black markings, I am pretty sure this is Aldisa williamsi, one of a number of dorid species which apparently mimic species of the Phyllidiidae.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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