This species has been observed on Mayotte, Mauritius, Madagascar and Seychelles Islands
Order : Nudibranchia
Suborder : Euctenidiacea
Superfamily : Polyceroidea
Family :
Polyceridae
Distribution :
Tropical Indo-West Pacific
Maximal size : 40 mm
Abundance :
Species characteristics :
The body is white, with thin and numerous longitudinal, either continuous or interrupted brown streaks
The margin of the foot has a narrow blue/purple line with yellow only on the tip of the tail.
The
lamellatte
rhinophores have a white stalk and uniformly orange to
red
clavus with a white apex
Three gills white with red edges to stalks and pinnae |
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Photo
Yvon Gildas
Mayotte, Passe en S, 20 m, 21 November 2009.
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See more about : Sightening and mating periods
Remarks :
Identification confirmed by Nathalie Yonow
Synonymous : (according Worms)
- No other name
Bibliographic data :
Rhinophores sheaths and gills bases are blue-purple marginally and yellow submarginally
The anal papilla is blue
The mantle is smooth and is without a notal brim separating it from the sides of the foot
It
lays a bright yellow egg ribbon
This species have similarity with N. purpureolineata and N. aurea but
- It differs from N. purpureolineata in lacking the deep red lamellae and purple tips of the rhinophores and having just the edges of the gills red instead of the whole structure
- It differs from N. aurea. The main colour difference between the two species is that N. aurea has two dorsal orange patches, one in front of the gills and one behind
Gosliner, Behrens & Williams (1997) report it feeding on the ascidians Clavelina spp., Rhopalaea sp., & Oxycorynia fascicularis .
References :
Bill Rudman Seaslug site : Sea Slug Forum : Nembrotha lineolata
Nudipixel Nembrotha lineolata
Publications :
Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Williams, G.C. (1997) Coral Reef Animals of the Indo-Pacific. 314pp. Monterey, California: Sea Challengers.
Pola M., Cervera J.L. & Gosliner T.M. (2008) Revision of the Indo-Pacific genus Nembrotha (Nudibranchia: Dorididae: Polyceridae), with a description of two new species. Scientia Marina 72(1):145-183.
Yonow, N. Anderson, C. and Buttress, S. G. (2002). Opistobranch molluscs from the Chagos Archipelado, Central Indian Ocean. Journal of Natural History, 36, 831-882
Other photos of Nembrotha lineolata :
Yvon Gildas
Mayotte, Passe en S, 20 m, 21 November 2009.
Climbing in an
Alcyonarian, just for the fun...It feeds on several species of compound ascidians. Gosliner and all (1996) report it eating Clavelina sp., Rhopalaea sp., and Oxycorynia fascicularis . |
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The body is white, with thin and numerous longitudinal (a), either continuous or interrupted brown streaks
Rhinophores sheaths (b) and gills bases (c) are blue-purple marginally and yellow submarginally
The
lamellatte
rhinophores have a white stalk (d), and uniformly orange to
red
clavus (e) with a white apex (f)
Three gills white with red edges (g) to stalks and pinnae |
Olivier Le Bris
Mayotte, 6 December 2008
A specimen with very numerous longitudinal brown streaks |
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Fabrice Schubert
Mayotte, Tanaraki, 14 m, 2 February 2010
Rhinophores sheaths and gills bases are blue-purple marginally (a) and hasn't yellow submarginally (b)
The genital aperture (c) on the right side... |
Bernard Perrier and Didier Lo Yeung
Mauritius, le Ruan Glap 8, 27 m, 21 October 2017
" On a wreck sank by a dear friend friend Jean Michel Langlois.
On this dive with Dive passion Center of Ben Cadet, one of our divers and photographer emeritus Didier LoYeung having the eye of a tiger if we can say was lucky enough to find a Nembrotha Lineolata until the time never seen in Mauritius. after your Nudibranch site. Now our dear friend Dr. Jean Michel Avrillion was able to retrace your e-mail address as you gave a lecture at the Mug... "
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More photos from Indian Ocean
Mayotte, Nembrotha lineolata, at N'Gouja, by Raphaël Roland Gosselin
Mayotte, Nembrotha lineolata, at Hajangoua, by Matthias Deuss
Seychelles, Nembrotha lineolata, at Mahé, by Christophe Mason-Parker
Madagascar, Nembrotha lineolata, at Nosy Bé, by Alain-Benoît Rassat
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