Phyllidiella zeylanica? from Pemba
November 22, 2002
From: Paul Young
Dear Bill,
Here is one of the nudibranchs that Charlotte and I found at Pemba Island, off the coast of Tanzania, western Indian Ocean, in November/December 2001. The species from the west coast of Pemba are from dives we did with the Fundu Lagoon Resort to small nearby islands.
Image Data: Seen 22, 23, 27 November, near Fundu Lagoon, West side of Pemba.
Best wishes,
Paul Young
young@underwater.org
Young, P., 2002 (Nov 22) Phyllidiella zeylanica? from Pemba. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/8420Thanks Paul,
I assume this is Phyllidiella zeylanica [a juvenile perhaps?], although the longitudinal ridges are very broken. One other doubt I have is caused by the colour of the rhinophores. In this species the rhiophores are described as 'black' by Brunckhorst, yet these look more like a species of Phyllidiopsis with the base and the from of the rhinophore being pinkish.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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