Thuridilla kathae
Gosliner 1995

Order: SACOGLOSSA
Superfamily: ELYSIOIDEA
Family: Elysiidae

DISTRIBUTION

Indo-West Pacific

PHOTO

Heron Island [Great Barrier Reef] under dead coral slab at the reef crest, 12 November 2000. 12 mm long. PHOTOS: Julie Marshall.

Described as rich green with a scattering of large and small opaque white spots. The large spots are on low papillae. There is a broad band at the margin of the parapodia which is cream to light yellow. There is a Y-shaped opaque white mark on head that extends to the base of the rhinophores which is follwed by a patch of green then another opaque white patch. The tips of the rhinophores are orange, and there is also an orange margin to the anterior edge of the foot.

These photos from Heron Island lack the broad white/cream parapodial border noted in the original description.

Reference:
• Gosliner, T.M. (1995) The genus Thuridilla (Opisthobranchia: Elysiidae) from the tropical Indo-Pacific, with a revision of ther phylogeny and systematics of the Elysiidae. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 49(1): 1-54.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2001 (February 12) Thuridilla kathae Gosliner 1995 . [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/thurkath

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