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Haminoea cymbalum feeds on algae. This shot shows the tip of my left thumb, so you can see how small this specimen is. It was originally posted at these wesites as Haminoea cymbalum (Quoy & Gaimard, 1833) [Bulla], then I followed Eddie Hardy and moved it to the genus Lamprohaminoea Kuroda & Habe, 1952, I found by chance W. B, Rudman (1971)."On the Opisthobranch Genus Haminoea Turton & Kingston". Pac Sci 25(4): 545-559, Rudman clarifies, that the genus Lamprohaminoea is invalid. So I moved it back to the genus Haminoea Turton & Kingston in Carrington, 1830 on 25 August 2011. All of these species have orange spots of various sizes and are very similar: Haminoea sp. 01 which differs by its greenish-yellow, black and purple spots, none of them is surrounded by opaque white Haminoea sp. 02 which lacks broad orange bands and spots surrounded by opaque white Haminoea ovalis which differs by black spots and/or markings. More informations on Haminoea cymbalum are at Bill Rudman's Sea Slug Forum! |
