Thuridilla from Mombasa, Kenya

May 18, 2005
From: Valérie Besnard

Dear Bill,

During a stay in Kenya (March 2005), I saw this sea slug that I couldn't identify: May be it is an elysiid or arminid?, but I'm not sure that this bad picture allowes any identification...

Diani, Mombasa south, 15 March 2005, size 5 cm, depth 12m, coral reef

Thank you very much for your help !
Best regards,
Valérie
Length: 

valeriebesnard@aol.com

Besnard, V, 2005 (May 18) Thuridilla from Mombasa, Kenya. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/13784

Dear Valérie,
It is a species of the elysiid genus Thuridilla. There are still some problems in that genus, but your animal fits into a group I am identifying as Thuridilla gracilis, but there appears to be more than one species involved, but how to sort them out is still not clear.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2005 (May 18). Comment on Thuridilla from Mombasa, Kenya by Valérie Besnard. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/13784

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