Stiliger aureomarginatus
Jensen, 1993

Order: SACOGLOSSA
Superfamily: LIMAPONTIOIDEA
Family: Limapontiidae

DISTRIBUTION

Indo-West Pacific - Japan, Australia [west & east coasts].

PHOTO

Hachijo Island, Japan, 21 April 2002. Length: 5mm on Codium intricatum. Photo: Nishina Masayoshi

Animals are black or dark bluish-green with orange or yellow tips to the cerata and pedal lobes. Below the orange ceratal tips is a band of dense white dots with a light yellowish tinge. Branches of the digestive gland ramify through the dorsal part of the body and into the cerata. Described from central Western Australia and Moreton Bay, Queensland, [eastern Australia]. Found on Codium cf. perriniae.

Reference:
• Jensen, K.R. (1993) Sacoglossa (Mollusca, Opisthobranchia) from Rottnest Island and central Western Australia. In: Proceedings of the 5th International marine Biological Workshop: The marine Flora and Fauna of Rottnest Island, Western Australia. (Eds: Wells,FE; Walker,DI; Kirkman,H; Lethbridge,R) Western Australian Museum, Perth, 207-253.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2002 (May 13) Stiliger aureomarginatus Jensen, 1993. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/stilaure

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