Re: Mystery from Holland

June 8, 1999
From: xavier merlin

Hello again,

Flabellina ischitana at first glance looks like the one we have seen. However I believe that only the cnidosacs (top of the cerata) were yellow.Also the cerata were not that long and were far more numerous and tightly packed toghether.I will talk about it with my buddy to see what he recalls from memory. I have done lately 5 dives armed (same area)with camera but I failed to spot it again. It must be very rare.

I tried to draw a picture from memory. I will also ask my buddy if this is also what he recalls. It is just to give you an idea of the form and colors of what it looked like. There might have been far more numerous cerata than depicted in this drawing. Hope this helps. Details from memory are: Pink cerata, yellow cnidosacs, rhinophores? Depth: 5 metres. Size 4-5cm. Site; Welmedinge, Oosterschelde, Holland, 28 May, 1999. Drawing from memory.

xavier

xavier.merlin@ping.be

Merlin, X., 1999 (Jun 8) Re: Mystery from Holland. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/929

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