Re: Elysia sp? from Okinawa
March 18, 2004
From: Clay & Patty Jo
Bill,
Tried to get this to you yesterday but the scanner and I had some disagreements. This is an interesting & distinct species because of the furrowed head as well as the 'sculptured' parapodia.
Elysia sp. 4.2mm. Guam, Bile Bay, 11m. 28 May 1978. Host: ??
Clay & Patty Jo
ccarlson@kuentos.guam.net
Carlson, C. & Hoff, PJ, 2004 (Mar 18) Re: Elysia sp? from Okinawa. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/12435
Dear Clay & Patty Jo,
This is indeed an unusual animal. The median cleft on the head looks most unusual and without the upper photo I would have been hard-pressed to agree it was an Elysia. The strange shape of the parapodia suggest it is mimicking something but I have no idea what. I wonder if Kathe Jensen has seen this in her travels
I didn't realise until I was posting this message that you must have sent it in response to the pinkish elysiid in Kunihiro Takahashi's message [#12406]. It has the same shaped parapodia although it is much more colourful. Pity we can't see the shape of the head.
Best wishes
Bill Rudman
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