Noumeaella isa Ev. Marcus & Er. Marcus, 1970
- Location
- Red Beach, Okinawa Island (East coast), Okinawa, Japan
- Date
- 2007/03/16
- Length
- 5mm
- Depth
- 5.0m
- Water temperature
- 21.0℃
Description
A small aeolid nudibranch reaching about 10 mm in length. The body is translucent white, with a network of fine white lines on the head. The cerata are also translucent white with scattered fine white lines and dots. The rhinophores carry lamellae only on the posterior side and are white. The oral tentacles are smooth, translucent white, dotted with fine white spots.Distribution
Originally described from material taken in Madagascar and western Mexico. Subsequently recorded from Tanzania, Papua New Guinea, the Philippines, Japan, and Guam, indicating a broad Indo-West Pacific distribution.Etymology
The specific epithet isa is not explicitly explained in the original description but appears to be a personal-name dedication.References
- Noumeaella isa n. sp., Marcus Ev. & Marcus Er. (1970). Some gastropods from Madagascar and West Mexico. Malacologia. 10(1): 181-223.
- Noumeaella isa, Terrence Gosliner, Ángel Valdés and David Behrens. (2015). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification Indo-Pacific. New World Pubns Inc.
- イサミノウミウシ（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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