Is this Flabellina sp.8 ? from Okinawa

July 2, 2008
From: Kazuko Ojima

Concerning message #20104:

Dear Dr.Rudman,

Is this animal Flabellina sp.8? It looks quite like it but I think the oral tentacle's color is different. I would be very happy if I could hear your comment.

Locality: Horseshoe Cliffs,Okinawa Is., 5 metres, Japan, East China Sea, 26 March 2008. Length: 10 mm. Photographer: Kazuko Ojima.

Best Regards,
Kazuko Ojima

Kazuko.O.14.c9@gold.zero.jp

Kazuko Ojima, 2008 (Jul 2) Is this Flabellina sp.8 ? from Okinawa. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21660

Dear Kazuko,

This could well be a species of Flabellina but it is quite different in colour to Flabellina sp. 8. As you say, the oral tentacles are different in colour, there are no red spots around the cerata, and the rhinophores are quite different in shape. It is possibly another unnamed species.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2008 (Jul 2). Comment on Is this Flabellina sp.8 ? from Okinawa by Kazuko Ojima. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21660

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Unidentified - North West Pacific (Japan, China)

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