Maldives sea slug paper — striking how many of the species also occur in Japan
My main gripe with this paper is how small all the photographs are, but setting that aside — there are a lot of photos here, and despite being a Maldives paper, it's striking how many of the species I recognise from Japan.
https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/2/219
https://www.mdpi.com/1424-2818/15/2/219
For instance:
Cratena sp. (rinka-mino-umiushi) is figured, and placed in Cratena (hakusen-mino-umiushi genus) — it used to be treated as a Hibusami-no-umiushi sp.
Body shape is Hibusa-like, but the rhinophores are very different, so moving it out of Hibusami-no-umiushi genus is fine. Cratena itself is a less satisfying landing spot to me, so I expect this assignment to shift again.
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