Facelina bourailli (Risbec, 1928)
- Location
- Apogama, Okinawa Island (Onna and Yomitan area), Okinawa, Japan
- Date
- 2013/02/02
- Length
- 8mm
- Depth
- 2.0m
- Water temperature
- 21.0℃
Description
Ground colour translucent brown with white blotching on the dorsum overlain by scattered orange dots; these dots become continuous lines along the body margin. Cerata in four pairs of clusters, each ceras with a yellowish-white longitudinal line, a black spot near the base, and a papillose tip ringed in yellowish white. Rhinophores translucent brown with about four annular lamellae. Oral tentacles smooth, the same colour as the body, with yellowish-white rings. Reaches 15 mm.Distribution
New Caledonia (type locality: Bourail), South Africa, Madagascar, Tanzania, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Philippines, Japan, and elsewhere in the tropical Indo-West Pacific.Etymology
Named after Bourail, the town on the west coast of Grande Terre, New Caledonia, where the type material was collected.Remarks
Originally described as Aeolidia bourailli Risbec, 1928. Some authors place this species in Phidiana, but WoRMS currently lists Facelina bourailli as the accepted combination.References
- Aeolidia Bourailli, Risbec J. (1928). Contribution à l'étude des nudibranches néo-calédoniens. Faune des Colonies françaises, Tome II: 1-328, 12 pls. (Société d'Éditions géographiques, maritimes et coloniales, Paris). [doctoral thesis monograph]
- キャロットシードミノウミウシ（仮称）, 小野篤司. (1999). ウミウシガイドブック. TBSブリタニカ.
- Facelina bourailli, Gosliner, T. et al. (2023). Southern African Sea Slugs. Southern Underwater Research Group Press, 7 Blackwood Drive, Hout Bay 7806, Cape Town, South Africa.
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