Flabellina sp. 8 from Lembeh, Indonesia

August 10, 2007
From: Mona Dienhart

Back from Lembeh, I still haven't found the right ID for the following nudibranch. It was found on one of the spots on the corals. I browsed already to your existing list but didn't find anything similar.

Locality: Lembeh , 12 m, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Lembeh Straits, Molucca Sea, 27 April 2007, light current. Length: 3 cm. Photographer: Mona Dienhart.

Mona Dienhart

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Dienhart, M., 2007 (Aug 10) Flabellina sp. 8 from Lembeh, Indonesia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20104

Dear Mona,
This is an animal I am calling Flabellina sp. 8. We already have 3 messages about this species on the Forum, and now we have yours. Before that it seems to have been completely unknown. Ypur photo shows the quite unusual half ridges [brackets] on the rhinophores.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Aug 10). Comment on Flabellina sp. 8 from Lembeh, Indonesia by Mona Dienhart. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20104

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