Flabellina bicolor from Lembeh St, Indonesia
January 12, 2006
From: Ken Tucker
Dear Bill,
I have not been able to match to either SS database or any other reference material. I have numerous photos. Can you suggest?
I suspect it is some sort of worm instead.
Locality: Reef. Indonesia, Lembeh Strait. Depth: perhaps 30-40 ft. 5 Nov 2005. Photographer: Ken Tucker
Ken Tucker
ken@kilili.com
Tucker, K.C, 2006 (Jan 12) Flabellina bicolor from Lembeh St, Indonesia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/15521Dear Ken,
Although it does look a bit like a polychaete worm, this is the aeolid Flabellina bicolor. Your photo shows how the two oral tentacles, at the front of the body, flatten out to form two paddle-shaped structures which wave up and down as the animal is crawling along.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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