This species has been observed on Reunion and Mayotte Island
Order :
Cephalaspidea
Superfamily : Haminoeidea
Family :
Haminoeidae
Distribution : Reunion, Mauritius
Maximal size : 15 mm
Abundance :
Species characteristics : This species has a translucent, straw-colored shell with fine striae
The animal is cream blotched with olive and brown more or less dark
Dark brown spots, orange-brown spots and white flecks show through the shell but, in older animals, the shell becomes thicker and darker partially obscuring the underlying pattern.
Rarely, dark spots may be lacking. There is a band of darker blotches between the eye spots on top of the head.
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Photo Philibert Bidgrain
Reunion, Saint Leu in Kelonia center, 28 November 2006, size : 15 mm
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Remarks :
According Maurice Jay and Raymond Huet, shell specialists from Reunion Island "Looks like Haminoea aperta..."
Looks like Haminoea sp. 4 from Mauritius in NSSI, Nudibranch & Sea Slug Identification, Indo-Pacific, Gosliner, Valdés & Behrens, 2015
Similar in coloration with Haminoea natalensis
Bibliographic data :
Found crawling on the surface of rocks covered with green algae in 1 m.
References :
Seaslug of Hawaii Haminoea cf. natalensis
Other photos of Haminoea sp. 1 :
Remy Eudeline
Mayotte, Herbier de l'aéroport, less 1 m, 13 May 2018
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Philibert Bidgrain
Réunion, Shell ref : 3799 Collection Maurice Jay
Shell description by Maurice Jay :
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Globular, buried whorl, outer lip barely higher than the whorl. Opening flared down. Appearance smooth, but microsculpture visible with the magnifying glass at curling day, made of very fine tight corrugated spiral nets, crossing of irregular axial furrows a little stronger. Translucent white with pale gray mottles.
Height 11mm
Very close to Haminoea aperta (2428), it is she who stands out above all by size.
2 live spmns collected in a Kelonia Basin where there was a whole group, November 2006.
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Philibert Bidgrain
Reunion, Saint Leu in Kelonia center, 28 November 2006, size : 15 mm
Two different specimens dissected by Maurice Jay
This photo illustrated the variability of the pattern in this species
A specimen with very pale brown and another with brown coloration |
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Nathalie Rodrigues
Reunion, Etang sale on the rocky coast, less 1 m,11 December 2014,
Specimen with a dark brown coloration |
Christophe Cadet
Reunion, Etang sale on the rocky coast, less 1 m, 28 August 2010, size : 10 mm
Specimen with a dark brown coloration
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Christophe Cadet
Reunion, Etang sale on the rocky coast, less 1 m, 1 January 2010, size : 15 mm Specimen with a brown coloration
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Philibert Bidgrain
Reunion, Saint Leu in Kelonia center, 28 November 2006, size : 15 mm
Two other specimen observed on a large population in Kelonia center....
Two specimens with brown green |
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