Nembrotha lineolata      Bergh, 1905

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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

Nembrotha lineolata
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Photo Yvon Gildas
Mayotte, Passe en S, 20 m, 21 November 2009.

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 .

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


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... "


 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