Canda filifera (Lamarck, 1816)

Canda filifera is described from the Red Sea. Records from the wider Indo-Pacific region and Australia need confirmation. The SEM images are from the Gulf of Aden, kindly provided by Ann-Margret Amui.

[Canda filifera] [Canda filifera]

A colour photograph by Karen Gowlett-Holmes is available.

Original description: Cellaria filifera Lamarck, 1816
Locality: Egypt (Red Sea?)
Type specimen:

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Edited by Phil Bock
Modified on 16th January 2007
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