Discodoris schmeltziana from the Red Sea

March 24, 2005
From: Binyamin Koretz


Dear Bill,

Quite a surprise - 10 days after this nudibranch [Discodoris schmeltziana ] made its first appearance on the Forum from PNG and Hawai'i, we found it here in Eilat, crawling on dead coral in barely 2 meters of water.

Locality: Eilat, Malibu Beach, Israel, Red Sea (Gulf of Eilat). Depth: 2 m. Length: ca. 5 cm. 21 March 2005. mostly dead coral (reef table). Photographer: Binyamin and Shulamit Koretz

Best regards
Binyamin

binyamin@koretz.net

Koretz, B., 2005 (Mar 24) Discodoris schmeltziana from the Red Sea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/13405

Dear Binyamin,
Discodoris schmeltziana in the Red Sea! - It's all part of my sophisticated marketing campaign to get people interested in the Forum - I have people dropping this species at strange places around the world!

Joking aside, it is certainly interesting to get a record from the Indian Ocean region. I have been wondering if any of Eliot's dorids from East Africa or Alder & Hancock's from India were the same.and I suspect Peltodoris aurea Eliot, 1904, based on 3 small specimens approx 2 cm long,  from Wasin Is., Kenya, are this species. 

  • Eliot, C.N.E. (1904) On some nudibranchs from East Africa and Zanzibar. Part III. Dorididae Cryptobranchiatae, I. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 1903(2): 354-385, Pls.32-34.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2005 (Mar 24). Comment on Discodoris schmeltziana from the Red Sea by Binyamin Koretz. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/13405

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