Sakuraeolis enosimensis
(Baba, 1930)

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: AEOLIDINA
Family: Glaucidae

DISTRIBUTION

Japan, Hong Kong. Introduced to San Francisco, California.

PHOTO

12m, Ninepin Group, Hong Kong. 21 January 2001. Photo: Leslie Chan.

Most skin tinged with translucent orange brown. Depending on the colour of the underlying organs the colour of different parts of the body can vary from an orange to a cream yellow. There is a white tip to the smooth tapered rhinophores and a white line alomf the dorsal side of the long tapering oral tentacles. There is also a dorsal white line along the tip of the posterior foot. One of the most characteristic features of the species are the brilliant opaque white spots and specks scattered over the head and cerata. Grows to 30mm or more.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2001 (July 10) Sakuraeolis enosimensis (Baba, 1930). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/sakuenos

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