Cerberilla sp. 7 from Bonaire, Caribbean
September 24, 2009
From: Lureen Ferretti
Dear Bill
This interesting nudi was just out scooting around in the sand. My dive buddy Karin Hall pointed found him and pointed it out to our group. It looks the same as Mr Hutchinson photographed [message #9858].
Locality: Windsock Beach, 15', Bonaire, Netherland Antilles, Atlantic Ocean, 13 September 2009, before the sand meets the dropoff. Length: 1". Photographer: Lureen Ferretti.
Lureen Ferretti
Reenyb@comcast.net
Ferretti, L., 2009 (Sep 24) Cerberilla sp. 7 from Bonaire, Caribbean. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22668Dear Lureen,
Yes this is certainly the same as the earlier photos from Florida. It is a species of the aeolid genus Cerberilla, which spend much of their lives burrowing in sand. At the time of the earlier message, Cerberilla tanna was the only species of Cerberilla known from the Caribbean. We now know there are other species including this spectacularly coloured one which I am calling Cerberilla sp 7 on the Forum.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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