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[[pre-printed]] 2 [[/pre-printed]] the sexual organs are extended they are funnel like with the stalk about 5mm long yellowish white at base and pale blue at the distal end - outer extremity expanded into a flat somewhat lobed disc which is about 5mm wide and of pale blue color Foot of variable form sometimes triangle shaped at others flat - frequently the two edges are brought so close together that the two edge appear as a single blue band with a narrow white line in the middle. At times the animal floats upside down then the foot is broadly expanded and [[?serves]] is a float pale white. Measurement of expanded animal: length 7.0 mm. height 15. mm. width 9 mm. Rhinophores; sheath 3 mm., stalk above sheath 2 mm. club 7 mm. Branchia 18 mm. main portion 9 mm. branchia 9 mm. I had placed the two specimen in an aquarium overnight and found them in conjugation at each morning - The two flat discs of the genitals being opposed to each other - Separating them accidentally they again sought each other and after considerable touching and feeling into the rhinophores they again conjugated. [[Image: detailed colored illustration of two reddish pink specimens one about twice the size of the other]] D5148 p.3 [[Japanese characters]]
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- Description is continuation for nudibranch (probably Nembrotha chamberlani) on pg. 9 - illustration probably flatworm and is further detailed on pages 12 and 13.
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