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/817Dear 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.
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