Aegires lemoncello Fahey & Gosliner, 2004
- Location
- Horse Shoes, Okinawa Island (Onna and Yomitan area), Okinawa, Japan
- Date
- 2012/04/17
- Length
- 5mm
- Depth
- 30.0m
- Water temperature
- 22.0℃
Description
Body elongate, slightly raised, with a very narrow posterior. The dorsum bears elongate flat-topped papillae, each carrying a single ring of orange roughly halfway along its length. Ground color pale yellowish white to creamy yellow; the papillae are a deeper yellow. The rhinophores match the papillae; gill leaves are pale yellow. A small species, about 10 mm in length.Distribution
Papua New Guinea (type locality), South Africa and eastern Australia.Etymology
The specific epithet lemoncello derives from the Italian liqueur of the same colour as some specimens of this species.Remarks
Family Aegiridae.References
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Terrence Gosliner, Ángel Valdés and David Behrens. (2018). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification Indo-Pacific 2nd Edition. New World Pubns Inc.
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Same Genus Nudibranchs
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