Hypselodoris fucata from South Africa
December 3, 1999
From: Valda Fraser
Dear Bill
Here is a photo of a Hyselodoris sp for you.
Locality: South Coast KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Scottburgh - 24m, 28 November 1999.
Size: 50mm
Regards,
Valda Fraser
iti04937@mweb.co.za
Fraser, V., 1999 (Dec 3) Hypselodoris fucata from South Africa. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1632Dear Valda,
This is a species recently named by Gosliner & Johnson in their review of the genus Hypselodoris. It is Hypselodoris fucata and is apparently endemic to the east coast of South Africa.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.
Reference: Gosliner, T.M. & Johnson, R.F. (1999) Phylogeny of Hypselodoris (Nudibranchia: Chromodorididae) with a review of the monophyletic clade of Indo-Pacific species, including descriptions of twelve new species. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 125: 1-114.
Rudman, W.B., 1999 (Dec 3). Comment on Hypselodoris fucata from South Africa by Valda Fraser. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1632Related messages
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