Limenandra barnosii

Description

The body colour is pale pink with lime green pigment all over the dorsum. The dorsal surface of the body from head to tail has series of concentric circles that are bright lemon yellow and pinkish purple inside. Rhinophores covered with numerous papillae especially on the backside. The front face is pink and posterior is orange. The edge of the foot alternates transverse translucent and lime green bands, which go from head to tail. The cerata are moderately long, fusiform and rounded. Their tips are slightly recurved inwards. The cerata are dark olive green with lime green pigments scattered all over their surface. Their distal part is pink and they have translucent tips. The bases of the pink rhinophores are very close. They are densely papillate on posterior side, presenting orange colouration on the papillae. These papillae are elongate, not uniform in size and occasionally bifurcated. The oral tentacles are pinkish, elongate and longer than the rhinophores. The tentaculiform foot corners have a deep groove across width. They have same colour as the body and two lime green rings, the first one just below the pink tip and the second one at the midpoint.

Distribution

Indo-West Pacific from the Philippines, Marshall Islands, Indonesia to New Caledonia.

Biology

It feeds on the nocturnal anemone Alicia sansibarensis.