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Chelidonura inornata  Baba, 1949

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Chelidonura inornata is characterized by its purplish black body colour, with minute white dots densely scattered over the outer surface of the parapodia. The parapodia are edged in white, sometimes with a continuous white line but often with a broken line. There is usually a distinctive broad white band across the front of the head-shield with a yellow or orange edge to the antero-lateral lobes.
Pretty similar is Chelidonura sp. A which lacks the broad white band on the head-shield and lacks the minute white dots on the parapodia.
More informations on Chelidonura inornata are at Bill Rudman's Sea Slug Forum!