Roboastra luteolineata
(Baba, 1936)
Photographed by: Eric van Loon
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Opisthobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Family: | Polyceridae |
| Subfamily: | Nembrothinae |
| Species: | Roboastra luteolineata |
Comment from Marta Pola on photo #2863
You can easily distinguish it because of the milky green bifurcate marks between the rhinophores and the longitudinal yellow lines on the notum and lateral sides.Comment from Richard Willan on photo #1814
This individual seems to have too many lateral stripes to be Tambja luteolineata, so I have identified it as “cf. luteolineata” meaning similar to, and possibly the same as luteolineata.Locality:
- Indonesia
- Komodo (6) Aug, Oct
- Raja Ampat (2) Feb
- Lombok (1) Apr
- Bali (1)
- Australia
- Queensland (1)
- Malaysia
- Mabul (1)
Pictures of Roboastra luteolineata
Similar Species
Author: Dr. Richard C. Willan
Roboastra luteolineata: Feeds voraciously on other nudibranchs; has very large oral tentacles; two pale stripes on the head between the rhinophores, neither of them expanded; no colour band around the rhinophoral sheath.
Tambja affinis or Tambja victoriae: Feeds on bryozoans; has relatively small oral tentacles; one pale stripe on the middle of the head between the rhinophores that is expanded; pale colour band around rhinophoral sheath.
Since they are so similarly coloured overall, perhaps some mimicry is going on.
The ways to separate Tambja affinis, Tambja victoriae and other Tambja species are set out nicely and clearly on Tambja affinis colour group in the Sea Slug Forum
