Phestilla melanobrachia from the Red Sea

June 4, 2007
From: Sven Kahlbrock

Hello Bill,
I found this in February - is it a kind of Flabellina?

Locality: el Fanadir Foc/ Hurghada, 14 m, Egypt, Red sea, 02 February 2007, sand bottom with some coral. Length: aprox. 3 cm. Photographer: Sven Kahlbrock.

with best regards,
Sven Kahlbrock

s_kahlbrock@web.de

Kahlbrock, S., 2007 (Jun 4) Phestilla melanobrachia from the Red Sea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19460

Dear Sven,

This is the coral-eating aeolid Phestilla melanobrachia. It usually feeds on Tubastrea and related corals and Larry Harris discovered that it was often more common on pieces of coral which had broken off the main colony and were lying on the sand underneath.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Jun 4). Comment on Phestilla melanobrachia from the Red Sea by Sven Kahlbrock. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19460

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