Thuridilla vataae (Risbec, 1928)
- Location
- Nakama Beach, Okinawa Island (Onna and Yomitan area), Okinawa, Japan
- Date
- 2012/05/29
- Length
- 9mm
- Depth
- 4.0m
- Water temperature
- 25.0℃
Description
Body indigo blue. Parapodia bear black and pale yellow markings; some individuals lack the yellow component. Parapodial margin pale yellow. Rhinophores white with reddish tips. Reaches 15 mm.Distribution
New Caledonia (type locality), South Africa, Aldabra, Réunion, Australia, Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Indonesia, Philippines, Japan, Palau, Guam, Marshall Islands.Etymology
Named after Anse Vata, the bay south of Nouméa, New Caledonia where the type material was collected.Remarks
The spelling Thuridilla vatae has been treated as an incorrect subsequent spelling. The Japanese vernacular Yozora-midorigai was later proposed.References
- Elysia Vataae, 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]
- ヨゾラミドリガイ (新称: 夜空緑貝), Fukuda H., 1994. Marine Gastropoda (Mollusca) of the Ogasawara Islands (Bonin) Islands. Part 2 : Neogastropoda, Heterobranchia and fossil species, with faunal accounts. Ogasawara Research 20, 1-126
- モンペミドリガイ（仮称）, 益田一. (1999). 海洋生物ガイドブック. 東海大学出版会.
- モンペミドリガイ, 益田一. (1999). 海洋生物ガイドブック. 第2刷. 東海大学出版会.
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- 高岡生物研究会. (2002). 日本海のウミウシ. 第2版.
- ヨゾラミドリガイ, 小野篤司. (2004). 沖縄のウミウシ. ラトルズ.
- ヨゾラミドリガイ, 中野理枝. (2004). 本州のウミウシ. ラトルズ.
- ヨゾラミドリガイ, 小野篤司 & 加藤昌一. (2009). ウミウシ. 誠文堂新光社.
- Yonow N. (2012). Opisthobranchs from the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of two new species and ten new records (Mollusca, Gastropoda). ZooKeys. 197: 1-129. https://doi.org/10.3897/zookeys.197.1728
- Thuridilla vatae, Terrence Gosliner, Ángel Valdés and David Behrens. (2015). Nudibranch and Sea Slug Identification Indo-Pacific. New World Pubns Inc.
- ヨゾラミドリガイ, 中野理枝. (2018). 日本のウミウシ. 文一総合出版.
- Thuridilla vatae, 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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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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