Chelidonura amoena from the Philippines

May 1, 1999
From: Erwin Koehler

Dear Bill,
Here is one more photo of my latest trip to the Philippines. Please excuse the poor quality - the camera didn't work allright. Philippines, Cebu Is., divesite Oslob sanctuary, March 1999, 6m depth, size 14 mm. This one looks similar to Chelidonura amoena in Debelius' book, but I don't know, which others might look the same...
Thanks
Erwin

Medslugs.Koehler@t-online

Koehler, E., 1999 (May 1) Chelidonura amoena from the Philippines. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/817

Dear Erwin,
Yes its C. amoena. In its palest colour form the background is white with grey patches on the head and posterior shields and on the parapodia.

I sympathise with your camera problems. On my last trip to New Caledonia, my first 6-7 rolls of film turned out black because of flash and battery problems. Luckily some sixth sense told me that something was wrong and I was able to find and fix the problem. But for the next 3 weeks and 30+ rolls of film, I had this nagging doubt that perhaps I hadn't fixed it. Luckily when I returned to Australia and had the films processed, only the first rolls were a disaster. Even that was sad because as always happens there were a number of interesting animals in those first rolls which we never found again.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 1999 (May 1). Comment on Chelidonura amoena from the Philippines by Erwin Koehler. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/817

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