Re: Dorid from South Africa

April 25, 2006
From: Guido Zsilavecz

Concerning message #2678:

Good day:
This species looks very much like Lecithophorus capensis - it is white, but slightly see-through behind the gills. We call it the "ghost nudibranch" for that reason. In Cape Town it is common on most reefs.
Regards,
Guido Zsilavecz

guido@surg.co.za

Zsilavecz, G., 2006 (Apr 25) Re: Dorid from South Africa. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16412

Dear Guido,
Thanks very much for getting back to us on a longterm 'unknown'. I would be very grateful for some photos of Lecithophorus capensis, if you have any, as it is not found outside South Africa, and the only photo I have seen of it is the one in Terry Gosliner's Nudibranchs of South Africa.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Apr 25). Comment on Re: Dorid from South Africa by Guido Zsilavecz. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16412

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