Hypselodoris kanga from The Philippines

May 3, 2005
From: Paul Osmond


Bill,

Here is a pair of Hypselodoris infucata on some artifical reef structures on the house reef of the Exotic Dive Resort on the island of Malapasuca in The Philippines.

There was actually 4 of this species on this area, but these two were closest together and much easier to photograph. As you can see the larger one is 3 times the size of the smaller one.

There appeared to be plenty of feeding activity in the area, but no mating behaviour was observed.

Locality: Artifical Reef, Malapascua Island, Cebu, The Philippines. Depth: 8 m. Length: 40 mm, 15 mm. 03 Dec 2004. Sand bottom, artificial structures. Photographer: Paul Osmond

Yours,
Paul
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Osmond, P.T., 2005 (May 3) Hypselodoris kanga from The Philippines. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/13688

Dear Paul,
This is the very similarly coloured Hyspelodoris kanga. Sometimes the blue marks in this species are lines, and in other animals they are spots. The easiest way to separate them is that the gills in H. kanga are triangular in cross-section, and the outer face has a series of yellow spots. In H. infucata the gills are 'simple' - two-sided, with gill lamellae on each side - with a red line down each edge.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2005 (May 3). Comment on Hypselodoris kanga from The Philippines by Paul Osmond. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/13688

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