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Additional Photos
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Spurilla neapolitana (Delle Chiaje, 1823)
Maximum size: 26 mm.
Identification:
This
is
a large aeolid with a tan body and greenish cerata decorated
with white spots. Its cerata have prominent cnidosacs in their tips.
It may be distinguished from other Hawaiian
aeolidiids by its lamellate rhinophores.
Natural history:
Spurilla neapolitana
is a rare species found in shallow rocky habitats. It lays a white egg
mass
composed of a "slinky-like" spiral ribbon deposited in a spiral patch
on the underside of a rock.
Distribution:
Maui and Oahu: circumtropical.
Taxonomic notes:
First
recorded
in Hawaii from Kewalo Basin, Oahu by Terry Gosliner in
Nov., 1972.
Photo: Mike
Severns: 26
mm: found by PF; Maliko Bay, Maui; Oct. 6, 1987.
Observations and comments:
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