OKINAWAN
OPISTHOBRANCH OF THE WEEK
Berthella stellata (Rang, 1826) 5mm
Opisthobranch of the Week Data
Taxonomy:
- Order: NOTASPIDA
- Family: Pleurobranchidae
Frequency on Okinawa:
Collection Data:
- Individual Collection No: RFB #3439-A
- Location: Seragaki (26o 30.4'N, 127o 52.6'E)
- Date: 30 June, 1995 [Only a single collected individual]
- Depth: 185ft (56.4m)
- Water temperature at collection depth: 72.6oF (22.5oC)
- Size: TL 5mm
- Specimen deposited: California Academy of Sciences
[brackets indicate range for all Okinawa-collected specimens of the species]
Species Account:
Berthella stellata is considered to be very rare on Okinawa as I have seen and collected only a single individual. This small animal was collected from a "grunge sample", composed of miscellaneous sediments and invertebrates.
Copyright © 1999 Robert F. Bolland
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