Costasiella kuroshimae Ichikawa, 1993

テングモウミウシ Costasiella kuroshimae
Photographed by
IMAGAWA 今川郁
Location
Red Beach, Hontou (East coast), Okinawa, Japan
Date
2007/01/24
Length
4mm
Depth
5.0m
Water temperature
21.0℃
The anterior part of the head is divided longitudinally by a brown colour patternthus giving the impression of two roundish pouches. The rhinophores are white, but their tips are black. No oral tentacles are present. A brown mark is present medially behind the eyes. The cerata are arranged in 7 rows, generally green with white tips. Iridescent dots are scattered over the green parts of the cerata.

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