Babakina indopacifica Gosliner, Gonzalez-Duarte & Cervera, 2007
- Location
- Makiminato, Okinawa Island (Chatan and Southern area), Okinawa, Japan
- Date
- 2015/04/19
- Length
- 10mm
- Depth
- 6.0m
- Water temperature
- 23.0℃
Description
Body color pale to reddish purple, with the head and pericardial area whitish. Cerata are short and densely arranged; each carries a band of body-colored pigment a little below the tip. The rhinophores are conspicuously enlarged and rounded, and their bases meet medially - a diagnostic feature of the genus. This species was separated from the Atlantic Babakina anadoni and represents the Indo-Pacific population. A small species, reaching about 10-15 mm.Distribution
Tropical to subtropical Indo-Pacific, including Japan, the Philippines, Indonesia and the Indian Ocean.Etymology
From Latin Indo- (Indian) + pacificus (Pacific), referring to the Indo-Pacific range of this species.Remarks
Family Babakinidae. The genus Babakina commemorates Kikutaro Baba, a pioneering Japanese opisthobranch worker.References
- ツツイシミノウミウシ, 小野篤司. (2004). 沖縄のウミウシ. ラトルズ.
- ツツイシミノウミウシ, 中野理枝. (2004). 本州のウミウシ. ラトルズ.
- ツツイシミノウミウシ, 小野篤司 & 加藤昌一. (2009). ウミウシ. 誠文堂新光社.
- Babakina indopacifica, Terrence Gosliner, Ángel Valdés and David Behrens. (2015). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification Indo-Pacific. New World Pubns Inc.
- ミナミツツイシミノウミウシ（新称）, 中野理枝. (2018). 日本のウミウシ. 文一総合出版.
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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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