Elysia from Pemba Island, Tanzania
April 3, 2001
From: Bernard Picton
Hi Bill,
Here is an Elysia from Pemba Island, Tanzania (Feb 1999). It is similar to Elysia ornata but lacks the black lines along the parapodia and white spots on the body. It also has conspicuous orange patches on the highest parts of the lobed parapodia and a white and green marbled pattern on the rhinophores and tail, also present but less pronounced on the parapodia. Debelius illustrates a similar animal from Bali on page 170 as Thuridilla sp. (though his has black spotting on the rhinophores and parapodial lobes).
Bernard
bernard.picton.um@nics.gov.uk
Picton, B., 2001 (Apr 3) Elysia from Pemba Island, Tanzania. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3681Dear Bernard,
The colour pattern is quite distinctive but I can't find a reference to anything similar in the literature.
I am giving it a 'home' as Elysia sp. 11 until I get some better advice.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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