Moridilla brockii from northeastern Australia

October 6, 2005
From: Daniel J. Foote

Found in about 12 metres at Bowden Reef off Townsville

Locality: Bowden Reef, Townsville, Qld, Australia. Depth: 12 m. Length: 3 cm. 30 August 2005. Photographer: Daniel J. Foote

Daniel Foote

pelagic_dan@yahoo.co.uk

Foote, D.J., 2005 (Oct 6) Moridilla brockii from northeastern Australia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/14908

Dear Daniel,
I can't see too much from your photo about the shape and size of the cerata, but I suspect the inside cerata in the back row of each clump of cerata will be long and curled. At present I am identifying all with this shape as Moridilla brockii. Yours looks very like the original description. It is possible there may be more than one species involved but so far I can't see any difference in radula shape and general body shape.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2005 (Oct 6). Comment on Moridilla brockii from northeastern Australia by Daniel J. Foote. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/14908

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