Nembrotha sp. 2   

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This species has been observed on Mayotte and Madagascar Island


Order : Nudibranchia
Suborder : Euctenidiacea
Superfamily : Polyceroidea
Family : Polyceridae
Distribution : Madagascar and ?
Maximal size : 30 mm ?
Abundance :

Species characteristics :

Uniformly black with orange tubercles on the notum, a continuous line of orange tubercles can be observed on the notal margin of small specimen.

Rhinophores and gills branches white and/or purple

Nembrotha sp2
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Photo Alain-Benoît Rassat
Madagascar, Nosy bé, 15 m, size : 7 mm

Remarks :

Looks like some specimens in Nembrotha spp in Bill Rudman Seaslug Site and Nembrotha sp. 1 in in Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification Gosliner, Valdés and Behrens, 2015

Bibliographic data :

References :

Bill Rudman Seaslug site : Nembrotha spp

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Other photos of Nembrotha sp. 2 :


Quentin Lognoné

Mayotte, Passe en S, Buoy n°9 , 20 m, 15 May 2015, size : 1-2 mm

 


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