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Chelidonura electra

Photographed by: Gary Cobb

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Opisthobranchia
Order:	Cephalaspidea
Family:	Aglajidae
Species:	Chelidonura electra

Nice to have a photo from the type locality.

Difficult to see the yellow borders due to the green tinge of the photo, but it is there.

I have specimens from the Maldives, Madagascar, and Zanzibar, so this species appears to be well established in East Africa. Nothing from Chagos though...

Locality:

• PNG
  • Milne Bay (5) Jun, Sep, Dec
  • PNG (3) Feb, Jul, Dec
  • Loloata (1) Nov
  • Kavieng (1) Mar
• Kenya
  • Malindi (5) Sep, Oct
• Indonesia
  • Raja Ampat (5) May, Dec
• Solomon Islands
  • Solomon Islands (2) Aug, Sep
• Australia
  • Queensland (1) Sep
• Madagascar
  • Madagascar (1) Oct

 

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