Is this a Juliidae?

July 21, 1999
From: Grey McNeil

Hi Bill,
Is this a Juliidae?? I found it at Bare Island, La Perouse, Sydney, N.S.W, Australia, in 8m, Febuary 1997.
Thanks
Grey

GREYMACIND@bigpond.com.au

McNeil, G., 1999 (Jul 21) Is this a Juliidae?. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1019

Dear Grey,
This is Oxynoe viridis (Family Oxynoidae). It has a fragile bubble-shaped shell in the centre of the body which is partially enclosed by parapodial flaps.

The Family Juliidae is another shelled sacoglossan family, but in that remarkable group the shell is bivalved, like a clam or cockle. I have posted a page on Julia exquisita, a typical species of the Juliidae.

Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 1999 (Jul 21). Comment on Is this a Juliidae? by Grey McNeil. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1019

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