Limenandra? from Sulawesi
April 4, 1999
From: Lindsay Warren
Dear Bill
Please find attached the illustration of another specimen found in the Tukang Besi Islands, SE Sulawesi last year during the research for Operation Wallacea. Sadly it was lost before photos could be taken but fortunately it had been drawn up beforehand!
Length: 5 mm. The rhinophores which were had a pink base with pink tips and heavily speckled white / cream, had distinctive processes sticking out along their length. The body was a translucent pale brown. The foot was translucent with white polka-dots all over it. The base colour of the cerata was red with white spots. The oral tentacles were white spotted and had pink tips. It was found at a depth of 6.4 m in a very small crevice at the top of the reef flat in an outcrop amongst rubble. It was found on a brown sponge. It was said to be similar to Spurilla australis in Willan & Coleman Fig 140.
Any guesses?
All the best,
Lindsay
100014.2112@compuserve.com
Warren, L., 1999 (Apr 4) Limenandra? from Sulawesi. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/735Dear Lindsay,
I'm pretty sure this is a small specimen of Limenandra nodosa. Its colours don't quite match up, but the papillate rhinophores, cerata in double rows and the basic colour pattern suggest this species.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.
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