Thuridilla livida (Baba, 1955)

Yonow, Nathalie, Anderson, R. Charles & Buttress, Susan G., 2002, Opisthobranch molluscs from the Chagos Archipelago, Central Indian Ocean, Journal of Natural History 36 (7), pp. 831-882 : 836-837

Thuridilla livida (Baba, 1955)

Elysia livida Baba : Carlson and HoOE, 1978: 100, ®gures 10c, d, 13.

Thuridilla livida: Jensen, 1992 : table 1, p. 277; Gosliner, 1995: 11, ®gures 1c, 8, 9.

Material. Chag96/31: 8 mm; outer reef of Ile de la Passe, Salomon Atoll;

14 February 1996; at 15 m depth.

Description. A slender, brightly coloured species. Body brown with a series of coloured bands following parapodial margins. The margin was orange, the central band black and the inner band light blue. Orange band present laterally on head. The rhinophores were brown basally and white distally.

The minute preserved specimen is green only on the parapodia, preserved as a network of ®ne speckles; the eyes are clearly visible.

Geographic distribution. Indo-West Paci®c: from Aldabra and South Africa ( Gosliner, 1995) to Guam (Carlson and HoOE, 1978).