Flabellina rubropurpurata
Gosliner & Willan, 1991

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: AEOLIDINA
Family: Flabellinidae

DISTRIBUTION

Indo-West Pacific

PHOTO

South Male Atoll, Guraidhoo Island, divesite "Guraidhoo Corner", The Maldives. 11mm long, depth 13m. Sept. 20, 2000. PHOTO: Erwin Koehler
Erwin

Body purple, with white dusting dorsally. Oral tentacles purple with upper thrid white, Rhinophore stalk and base of club purple, then white with a reddish purple tip. Rhinophores are lamellate (perfoliate). Cerata have a purple base, an orange-red central band and an orange yellow tip.

Reference:
• Gosliner,T.M. & Willan, R.C. (1991) Review of the Flabellinidae (Nudibranchia: Aeolidacea) from the tropical Indo-Pacific, with the descriptions of five new species. The Veliger, 34(2): 97-133.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2001 (January 3) Flabellina rubropurpurata Gosliner & Willan, 1991. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/flabrupur

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Flabellina rubropurpurata from the Maldives

January 4, 2001
From: Erwin Koehler

Dear Bill,
Here is the next one from the Maldives, South Male Atoll, Guraidhoo Island, divesite "Guraidhoo Corner", Sept. 20, 2000, 11mm long, depth 13m.
Erwin

Medslugs.Koehler@t-online.de

Koehler, E., 2001 (Jan 4) Flabellina rubropurpurata from the Maldives. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3249

Dear Erwin,
This is a nice find. I am pretty sure it is Flabellina rubropurpurata which is known from South Africa, Marshall Islands and Papua New Guinea. So your record has helped fill in the gap across the Indian Ocean.
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Jan 4). Comment on Flabellina rubropurpurata from the Maldives by Erwin Koehler. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3249