Nudi Pixel: Nudibranchs and Sea Slugs Identification with Photographs

Janolus capensis

Also known as: Janolus capensis species group

Photographed by: Guido Zsilavecz

Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Mollusca
Class:	Gastropoda
Subclass:	Opisthobranchia
Order:	Nudibranchia
Suborder:	Arminina
Family:	Zephyrinidae
Species:	Janolus capensis

This species is indistinguishable externally from Janolus longidentatus, but Janolus nakaza differs from them both in having bright blue tips to the cerata.

Janolus capensis

Janolus capensis

Janolus capensis

The globular egg mass is characteristic of Janolus capensis

Janolus capensis

The extensive covering of opaque white on the cerata is always typical of Janolus capensis

Locality:

• South Africa
  • Port Elizabeth (6) Jan, Feb, Apr, Aug, Dec
  • Cape Town (5) Jan, Feb, Mar, Nov
  • Jeffrey's Bay (1) Dec

 

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