UNKNOWN OKINAWAN
OPISTHOBRANCH
Armina sp. 1 (80mm+)
Unknown Okinawan Opisthobranch Data
Taxonomy:
- Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
- Suborder: Arminina
- Family: Janolidae
Frequency on Okinawa:
Collection Data:
- Individual Collection No: RFB #2190
- Location: Seragaki (26o 30.4'N, 127o 52.6'E)
- Date: 8 June, 1989 [8 Jun '89, 11 Dec '94, 6 Aug '95]
- Depth: 140ft (42.7m) [125, 140, 175ft]
- Size: TL 80mm+ [80+, 100, 105mm]
- Water temperature at collection depth: Unrecorded
- Specimen deposited: Without specimen, photo only (the other two collected
specimens deposited with Cal Acad Sci).
[brackets indicate range for all Okinawa-collected specimens of the species]
Species Account:
Armina sp. 1 is considered to be very rare on Okinawa as I have seen and photographed only three individuals. The individual featured in the above photo was not collected; two specimens were collected and deposited with California Academy of Sciences.
Copyright © 1999 Robert F. Bolland
Digitally manipulated photo
