Chelidonura africana from Croatia
August 24, 2006
From: Tom Turk
Dear Bill,
I am sending you a photo that might be a species of Chelidonura from the Adriatic Sea. The size of the animal is about 1 cm. I am aware of only one similar picture from E. Trainito book Mediterranean Harlequins where it is listed as an unidentified species.
Locality: Sušac island , 15 m, Croatia, Adriatic sea, July 2006, coralline bottom. Length: approx 1 cm. Photographer: Borut Furlan.
Tom Turk
tom.turk@bf.uni-lj.si
Turk, T., 2006 (Aug 24) Chelidonura africana from Croatia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17561Dear Tom,
This is Chelidonura africana. If you have a look at the species Fact Sheet you will see Fig 39, in Pruvot-Fol's original desciption from Morocco, looks very similar to your animal. It's nice to get a photo from the Mediterranean illustrating a 'typical' specimen
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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