Photos of Melibe maugeana from Melbourne

December 18, 2002
From: Harry Thorman

Hi Bill.
Sorry for the delay in replying to your comments Sadly our Melibe sp. did not survive the photo shoot and died the following day despite the tender loving care we gave to our super attraction. Christine Walsh, one of our volunteer helpers did get significantly better pictures than mine and I have attached a selection of her pictures. The slug was a real superhero and attraced much attention.
In memorium of a unique animal!
Harry Thorman

Harry.Thorman@nre.vic.gov.au

Thorman, H., 2002 (Dec 18) Photos of Melibe maugeana from Melbourne. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/8680

Thanks Harry & Christine,
These photos are great. They show the red 'flecking' mentioned by Burn in his description, although they don't show the yellow marks. I suspect the transparent animal from Tasmania, with the yellow subepidermal spherules, is a juvenile of this. I think the whitish spherules in your animal are probably the same 'glands'. These photos also show the single row of relatively long papillae around the edge of the oral hood.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (Dec 18). Comment on Photos of Melibe maugeana from Melbourne by Harry Thorman. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/8680

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