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Holotype: Ddok-1, 5 mm., Prof. Dr. Norman Ali Khalaf-von Jaffa’s
Collection.
Location: Sea of Khorfakkan, Emirate of Sharjah, United Arab Emirates.
Date of capture: 31 st March, 2017.
No bigger than a grain of rice !. The new species: Ola Khalaf‟s Nudibranch (Diaphorodoris
olakhalafi Khalaf, 2017) from Musandam Sea, Gulf of Oman. Photo by Brian Meredith. 2 March
2014.
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Acknowledgments: A Special big thanks is due to my beloved wife Ola Mostafa
Khalaf, which triggered with her photo the identification search for this new species,
and to my beloved daughter Nora Norman Ali Khalaf, who shared with us the diving
trips, and to the underwater photographers: Brian Meredith, Gordon T. Smith, Abdulla
Al Mehairi and my wife Ola Mostafa Khalaf who gave us the opportunity to enrich our
research paper with their magnificent photos of this new Dorid Nudibranch Sea Slug
species.
Gazelle : The Palestinian Biological Bulletin – Number 149 – May 2017