please Id this nudi

[dreams4divers]

We are currently uploading 2 years of photographic data collection on Cambodian Marine Species.

It will take some time, at the moment we only have the Nudibranchs and Anemones live in the database.

We have a few left to Identify.

I will post one at a time on this board as they are id'd I,ll post the next, please submit reference details for us to confirm the identification.

Also If you are keen to help please visit our website where you can view the whole collection, We are doing our best but if you find an incorrectly identified species please let us know, and if you can Identify any of the species we have not yet identified please supplie reference for us to confirm.

Here is the First Picture we need Identifying

 

[DevonDiver]

Do you have a bigger pic?

 

[dreams4divers]

bigger pic



Hope this is better, takes me a while to upload larger files as I have a Cambodian internet connection.

 

[DocVikingo]

It appears to be a species of Flabellina.

Regards,

DocVikingo

 

[dreams4divers]

Thanks, i,m trying to find out if it has a species name, many of the flabellina genus are still just classed as sp.

I,ll post another today, only got about 9 left
Manage to do 50+ to species and 20+ to genus

 

[DevonDiver]

It must be from the sub-order Aeolidina.

Based on the coloring, it could be a juvenile Trinchesia ornata

Comment from Richard Willan
This small aeolid looks white to the naked eye, but it is characterised by the blue and yellow markings (spots, like here, or rings) on the cerata, and the reddish rhinophores.

 

[DevonDiver]

However, from the distribution of aeolids (the large white patch along the central body), it could be from Phidiana sp. I can't find a variant that matches the exact color yet though.

 

[DevonDiver]

Caloria elegans has some striking simularities, but I've only seen examples from the Mediteranean.