Re: Can you help Identify this Nudibranch?

January 25, 2006
From: Dave Behrens

Concerning message #15595:

Hi Bill:
I believe this is Taringa luteola. See - http://slugsite.us/bow/nudwk139.htm.

  • Gosliner, T.M. & Behrens, D.W. (1998)  Two new discodorid nudibranchs from the western Pacific with a redescription of Doris luteola Kelaart, 1858. Proceedings of the California Academy of Sciences, 50(11), 279-293.

Dave Behrens

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Behrens, D.W., 2006 (Jan 25) Re: Can you help Identify this Nudibranch?. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/15625

Thanks Dave,
Funny what you find on the Forum. After receiving your message I did a quick search to see if Doris luteola was mentioned anywhere and found Michael Schroedl's message [#9092] showing that Doris luteola Kelaart, 1858 was preoccupied by Doris luteola Couthouy in Gould, 1852 and proposing the first available name is Thordisa caudata Farran, 1905. I will prepare a new Fact Sheet for Taringa caudata [= Taringa luteola (Kelaart, 1856)].
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Jan 25). Comment on Re: Can you help Identify this Nudibranch? by Dave Behrens. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/15625

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