Thuridilla picta from SE Florida, USA

March 7, 2007
From: Linda Ianniello

Dr. Bill,
We found our first Thuridilla picta in our area yesterday. It was tiny and in a very surgey area, so difficult to photograph. But I was pleased to get a few shots, one of which is attached.

Locality: Deerfield Beach, 9 feet, FL, USA, Atlantic Ocean, 03 March 2007, Ocean beach, sandy rubble. Length: less than half inch. Photographer: Linda Ianniello.

Regards,
Linda I.

lindai1@bellsouth.net

Ianniello, L.M., 2007 (Mar 7) Thuridilla picta from SE Florida, USA. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19597

Dear Linda,
Congratulations on a new find. It is always good to find something new now and then. Your animal certainly seems to be a juvenile. In juveniles the head and rhinophores are usually much bigger in proportion to total body size, than they are in adults

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Mar 7). Comment on Thuridilla picta from SE Florida, USA by Linda Ianniello. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19597

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