Hypselodoris bayeri from Honduras

June 27, 2006
From: Florent Charpin

Hi Bill

I found this nudibranch in Roatan, Honduras. Is this what you refer to as Hypselodoris sp. 5?

Locality: Near Milton Bight, 40 feet, Roatan, Honduras, Caribbean Sea, 29 April 2006. Length: 1 in.. Photographer: Florent Charpin.

Thanks,
Florent

florent@charpin.net

Charpin, F, 2006 (Jun 27) Hypselodoris bayeri from Honduras. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16979

Dear Florent,
Thanks for these photos. Although they look a bit like Hypselodoris sp. 5, this is one of the colour forms of Hypselodoris bayeri  On fact your animals looks very similar to the photo accompanying Marcus & Marcus's original description of the species. It suggests that the rhinophores can vary in colour from uniform purple all over, the animals like this where the purple is mainly concentrated near the tip. Looking at your photos, I suspect that animals in earlier messages from St Kitts [#12949] and Honduras [#15451] which I tentatively considered Hypselodoris sp. 5. are almost certainly H. bayeri.

One of the reasons I welcome more photos of species already present on the Forum is that every variation gives us further insight into understanding the full picture
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Jun 27). Comment on Hypselodoris bayeri from Honduras by Florent Charpin. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16979

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