This species has been observed on Mayotte Island

Order : Nudibranchia Suborder : Dexiarchia Superfamily : Aeolidioidea Family : Aeolidiidae Distribution : Indo West Pacific Maximal size : 80 mm Abundance : Seldom if ever on the fore reef zone Species characteristics : The body colour is pale pink with lime green pigment all over the dorsum. The dorsal surface of the body from head to tail has series of concentric circles that are bright lemon yellow and pinkish purple inside Rhinophores covered with numerous papillae especially on the backside. The front face is pink and posterior is orange The cerata are moderately long, fusiform and rounded. Their tips are slightly recurved inwards. The cerata are dark olive green with lime green pigments scattered all over their surface. Their distal part is pink and they have translucent tips.
	Showing species characteristics...	Photo Etienne Guitton Mayotte, Passe en S, buoy 9, 8 m, 18 November 2014

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Remarks :

Identification confirmed by Nathalie Yonow
    Our specimen have numerous bright lemon yellow rings on the oral tentacle and the tentaculiform foot corners like other specimens from Philippines
    Synonymous (according worms) :
          - No other name

Bibliographic data :

The body colour is pale pink with lime green pigment all over the dorsum. The dorsal surface of the body from head to tail has series of concentric circles that are bright lemon yellow and pinkish purple inside . The number of circles varies with the size of the animal but up to fifteen
    The edge of the foot alternates transverse translucent and lime green bands, which go from head to tail
    The bases of the pink rhinophores are very close. They are densely papillate on posterior side, presenting orange colouration on the papillae. These papillae are elongate, not uniform in size and occasionally bifurcated
    The oral tentacles are pinkish, elongate and longer than the rhinophores
    The tentaculiform foot corners have a deep groove across width. They have same colour as the body and two lime green rings, the first one just below the pink tip and the second one at the midpoint.
    The cerata are arranged in up to twenty-five rows, from just behind the rhinophores to the end of the foot, and they are very close together every two rows. Some rows of cerata join over the dorsum and form an arch side-to-side with the opposite row. Each row contains 3–15 cerata, decreasing in size towards the foot
    Etymology : This species is dedicated to Mohamed Barnosi, grandfather of the first author of this paper

References :

Philippine sea slugs : Limenandra barnosii

Publications :

Carmona L., Pola M., Gosliner T.M. & Cervera J.L. 2014. The end of a long controversy: systematics of the genus Limenandra (Mollusca: Nudibranchia: Aeolidiidae). Helgoland Marine Research , 68: 37-48

Other photos of Limenandra barnosii :

Etienne Guitton Mayotte, Passe en S, buoy 9, 8 m, 18 November 2014, The rhinophores are densely papillate on posterior side, presenting orange colouration (a) on the papillae