Philinopsis cyanea from South Korea
April 14, 2005
From: Dong Bum Koh
Dear Bill,
I would like introduce Philinopsis gardineri (Eliot, 1903) for your Forum.
Please give me your comments on this animal? I really don't know how to thank you for all your comments that are very helpful for me.
Locality: Hwa Soon, South Korea. Depth: 4 m. Length: about 90 mm. 22 January 2005. Sandy bottom with Rock Wall. Photographer: Byung Ro Youn.
Best regards,
Dong Bum Koh
drkoh@seasee.co.kr
D. B. Koh, 2005 (Apr 14) Philinopsis cyanea from South Korea . [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/13420Dear Koh,
By coincidence, Binyamin Koretz has sent a message about this species from Israel [#13457]. It is a colour form of Philinopsis cyanea, and at 90 mm is quite a large specimen. Your photos show the posterior tip of the head shield forming an erect funnel, and one of your photos shows the posterior end of the visceral hump or 'posterior shield' expanded. This colour form certainly has similarities to P. gardineri but that species only has blue in its colour pattern, never yellow. Also P. gardineri is more elongate and the posterior tip of the head shield is rounded, and unable to fold up into a funnel like P. cyanea.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
Related messages
-
What is Philinopsis cyanea doing?
From: Valda Fraser, August 6, 2008 -
Dark colour form of Philinopsis cyanea
From: Hugues Flodrops, August 5, 2008 -
Philinopsis cyanea from Reunion Island
From: Hugues Flodrops, February 18, 2008 -
Philinopsis taronga? from Reunion Island
From: Hugues Flodrops, February 18, 2008 -
Philinopsis cyanea from Perth
From: Brent Murdoch, January 17, 2007 -
Philinopsis cyanea? from Taiwan
From: Ching-Yao Chan, May 17, 2006 -
Philinopsis cyanea? from Victoria, Australia
From: Trevor McMurrich, March 24, 2006 -
Re: Aggregation of Stylocheilus striatus in Indonesia [1]
From: Paul Whitehead, January 23, 2006 -
Philinopsis gardineri? from Reunion Island
From: Philibert Bidgrain, December 13, 2005 -
Re: Philinopsis cyanea mating in Reunion Island
From: Francis & Pirjo Pellet, November 25, 2005 -
Philinopsis cyanea spawning at Reunion Island
From: Philibert Bidgrain, November 25, 2005 -
Two big Philinopsis cyanea mating in Reunion Island
From: Philibert Bidgrain, November 23, 2005 -
More colour forms of Philinopsis cyanea
From: Dong Bum Koh, June 13, 2005 -
Philinopsis cyanea ... eating?
From: Binyamin Koretz, April 28, 2005 -
Philinopsis depicta? from the Red Sea
From: Binyamin Koretz, April 14, 2005 -
Philinopsis cyanea? from Indonesia
From: Francis & Pirjo Pellet, January 13, 2004 -
Philinopsis cyanea from Port Stephens
From: Leanne&David Atkinson, May 13, 2003 -
Philinopsis cyanea & possible egg mass
From: Leanne Atkinson, May 9, 2003 -
Philinopsis cyanea from Lembeh Strait
From: Mary Jane Adams , February 6, 2003 -
Philinopsis cyanea from Lizard Is
From: Nils Anthes, February 3, 2003 -
Philinopsis cyanea from Lord Howe Island
From: W.B. Rudman, January 10, 2003 -
Philinopsis cyanea from Lord Howe Is.
From: Ian Hutton, December 6, 2002 -
Philinopsis mating from Korea
From: Dong Bum, Koh, June 17, 2002 -
Philinopsis cyanea from Sulawesi
From: Mary Jane Adams, May 4, 2002 -
Philinopsis cyanea mating
From: Julie Marshall, May 4, 2001 -
Philinopsis cyanea from New South Wales
From: Erik Schloegl, April 3, 2001 -
Philinopsis from Mauritius
From: Owen Griffiths, July 27, 1998