Philinopsis cyanea? from Indonesia
January 13, 2004
From: Francis & Pirjo Pellet
Dear Bill,
We found this headshield slug on a sandy bottom at the depth of 8 m. We are not sure of it's ID, we haven't found anything that looks alike. We saw in your message about Philinopsis cyanea that the colour varies from plain black to black with blue. This one is totally black with some blue nuances.
Data
Dive site: Pante Parige, Lembeh Straits, Indonesia
length: 4 cm
depth: 8 m
28 September 2003
Best regards
Francis & Pirjo
f.pellet@medsyn.fr
Pellet, F. & Pellet, P., 2004 (Jan 13) Philinopsis cyanea? from Indonesia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/11869Dear Francis & Pirjo,
Yes I am pretty sure this is Philinopsis cyanea . From the very swollen look of the animal in your second photo I would suspect it is trying to digest a fairly large bubble-shell. They swallow live bubble-shells whole, regurgitating the empty shells after they have digested the animal
Best wishes
Bill Rudman
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