OKINAWA SLUG SITE
Caulerpa lentillifera J.Agardh, 1837 (scale bar above)
Taxonomy:
- Phylum (=Division): CHLOROPHYTA
- Class:: Caulerpaceae
- Order: Caulerpales
- Family: Caulerpaceae
Collection Data:
- Individual Collection No: RFB #3758
- Location: Seragaki, Okinawa (26o 30.4'N, 127o 52.6'E)
- Date: 12 Feb, 2000
- Depth: 175ft (53m)
- Water temperature at collection depth: 70.6oF (21.4oC)
- Size: Scale bar with above image
- Specimen deposited: Photo only, w/o specimen
Identification of the above alga (the tropical form of Caulerpa lentillifera) was kindly furnished by Ian Price, James Cook University (pers. comm., 2000), and is based on a series of digital images from Okinawa.
NOTE: This page in re presentation with Opisthobranch of the Week,
Hypselodoris babai.
Page Date: 13 Nov '00
Page Modification Date: 13 Nov '00
Digitally manipulated photo
Copyright © 2000 Robert F. Bolland
