Aglajid sp. 3

Order: CEPHALASPIDEA
Superfamily: PHILINOIDEA
Family: Aglajidae

PHOTO

Kerama Island, near Okinawa, Japan. At 5m depth on coral rubble, and photographed in situ. 3mm long.
PHOTO: Atsushi Ono.

See Atsushi Ono's message below.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2000 (April 25) Aglajid sp. 3 [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/aglajidsp3

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A third small aglajid from Kerama Id

April 27, 2000
From: Atsushi Ono

Dear Bill
Here is another cephalaspid I found some at Kerama Is. near Okinawa in Japan. [see Aglajid sp. 1, Aglajid sp. 2].

I think this may be a Philine species...

It is brown (brownish purple?) in color and has white lines from head to tail and white dots on its body. It was found at 5m depth on coral rubble, and photographed in situ. This animal is 3mm long.

Could you help me to identify this?

Sincerely,
Atsushi Ono

Ono, A., 2000 (Apr 27) A third small aglajid from Kerama Id. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2317

Dear Atsushi,
As with your other two small species I suspect this is an aglajid. But as with the other two species, I suspect it is unnamed.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2000 (Apr 27). Comment on A third small aglajid from Kerama Id by Atsushi Ono. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2317