Janolus sp 10

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: ARMININA
Family: Zephyrinidae

DISTRIBUTION

Known only from NE Pacific

PHOTO

Four Mile Shoal, Sechelt, British Columbia, Canada. November 2006. Photo: Kaia P. Turner

This unnamed Janolus is remarkably similar in shape and colour to Dirona pellucida. One obvious difference is that Janolus has a single digestive gland duct running through each ceras to the tip. In Dirona there is no such duct.

It is shown as Janolus sp. 2 in Behrens and Hermosillo (2005) Eastern Pacific Nudibranchs, #227 on page 103.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2007 (May 10) Janolus sp 10 [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/janosp10

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