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Thuridilla decorata

(Heller & Thompson, 1983)


Nimrod Shay Decorated Thuridilla (Thuridilla decorata) 5mm. Ranges only in the Red Sea. D7000, Aquatica housing, Nikon macro 60 mm,2 x YS-D1, f29 , 1/320, iso 100. Eilat

Message posted on UWphotographers on 29 Jan 2013
Nimrod Shay About 5mm. 10 m. Eilat, Red sea

Lee Goldman Decorated Thuridilla (Thuridilla decorata). Cool find! Ranges only in the Red Sea

Nimrod Shay Thanks

Message posted on ID Please (Marine Creature Identification) on 29 Jan 2013
Stewart Clarke Thuridilla decorata. Found in Daymaniyat Islands Oman. Previous records show this species as endemic to the Red Sea only but it can now be shown to be from the Oman Sea as well.

Message posted on NUDIBRANCH LOVERS on 14 Jul 2013
Taxonomy
Animalia (Kingdom)
  Mollusca (Phylum)
    Gastropoda (Class)
      Heterobranchia (Subclass)
        Opisthobranchia (Infraclass)
          Sacoglossa (Order)
            Plakobranchacea (Suborder)
              Plakobranchoidea (Superfamily)
                Plakobranchidae (Family)
                  Thuridilla (Genus)
                    Thuridilla decorata (Species)
Associated Species