Chelidonura pallida Risbec, 1951
- Location
- Red Beach, Okinawa Island (East coast), Okinawa, Japan
- Date
- 2015/02/12
- Length
- 30mm
- Depth
- 6.0m
- Water temperature
- 20.7℃
Description
Ground colour white. The cephalic shield margin, parapodial edges, and the posterior end of the mantle are bordered in black. Adjacent to each black line runs a yellow-orange line. Reaches 50 mm.Distribution
New Caledonia (type locality), Australia (including Ashmore Reef and Rottnest Island, Western Australia), Malaysia, Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Philippines, Japan.Etymology
Latin pallidus, "pale."Remarks
Originally described in Risbec, J. 1951 "Notes sur les Tectibranches de Nouvelle-Calédonie," Journal de la Société des Océanistes 7: 31-79.References
- シロズキンキセワタガイ, 益田一. (1999). 海洋生物ガイドブック. 第2刷. 東海大学出版会.
- クロヘリシロツバメガイ, 奥谷喬司. (2000). 日本近海産貝類図鑑. 東海大学出版会.
- ケリドヌラ・パリダ, 殿塚孝昌. (2003). ウミウシガイドブック〈3〉. TBSブリタニカ.
- クロヘリシロツバメガイ, 小野篤司. (2004). 沖縄のウミウシ. ラトルズ.
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Same Genus Nudibranchs
Similar Colors Nudibranchs
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