Flabellina from East Timor
July 10, 2007
From: Brian Francisco
Bill
We found this interesting Flabellina yesterday. I thought it was unusual because of the little purplish dots on the cerata.
Locality: Tasi Tolu, 17 meters, East Timor, Banda Sea, 19 February 2007, sandy slope. Length: 1 cm. Photographer: Brian Francisco.
Brian
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Francisco, B., 2007 (Jul 10) Flabellina from East Timor. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19503Dear Brian,
This certainly looks like a species of Flabellina but it is not a species I am familar with. The red spots in a ring around each ceras is very distinctive. The purple rhinophores appear smooth, which also distinguishes it from most tropical Indo-West Pacific species.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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