Chelidonura livida from Egyptian Red Sea

September 2, 2005
From: Kamal El Tawil


Dear bill:
I fiund this Red Sea Chelidonura on a sand bottom between patches of corals. Its about 1 cm long. Is Chelidonura livida endemic to the Red Sea as my references indicate ?

Locality: Ras Ghozlani, Mersa Breika, Egypt. Red Sea. Depth: 3-4 metres. Length: 10 mm. 21 july 2005. Photographer: Kamal el Tawil

best regards
Kamal

kt@tedata.net.eg

El Tawil, K., 2005 (Sep 2) Chelidonura livida from Egyptian Red Sea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/14697

Dear Kamal,
Thanks for these photos. We still have al ot to learn about this species which was only described 10 years ago. Certainly most of the records on the Forum are from the Red Sea, but we have two records with photos from Madagascar and a message from Richard Willan [message #3610] reporting a find from the Arafura Sea, northern Australia, suggesting a widespread Indian Ocean distribution. It always pays to look at relevant Forum messages, we are accumulating a lot of valuable information here which is not available in printed books.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2005 (Sep 2). Comment on Chelidonura livida from Egyptian Red Sea by Kamal El Tawil. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/14697

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