Swimming Melibe japonica from South Korea

November 9, 2006
From: Dong Bum Koh


Dear Bill,

I received full sized images from my friend and I think they are of Melibe japonica were taken .

These 3 individual animals were taken during one day (17 June 2006) at in Jeju island. The upper was taken at 11:30 in Sung San beach -15 m sandy bottom. Middle and lower two animals were swimming taken during second diving at 16:30 at another diving point near Sung San beach.

Locality: Sung San (East coast of Jeju), -15 m, Jeju. Korea, Pacific, 17 June 2006, -. Length: More than 300 mm. Photographer: Jong Won Uh.

Could you let me know about these animals?

Best regards,
Dong Bum Koh

drkoh@seasee.co.kr

D.B.Koh, 2006 (Nov 9) Swimming Melibe japonica from South Korea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17605

Dear Koh,

Thanks for these interesting photos of Melibe japonica. The upper and lower photos show the bushy or dendritic papillae on the back that both Baba and Eliot describe, and are not clear in earlier photos on the Forum. The swimming animal in the lower photo seems to have lost all its large cerata.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Nov 9). Comment on Swimming Melibe japonica from South Korea by Dong Bum Koh. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17605

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