Dirona pellucida from South Korea

December 18, 2006
From: Dong Bum Koh

Dear Bill,

Concerning a photo in my book Sea Slugs of Korea. This is a photo of what I think is a pink colored Dirona aurantia from South Korea. Is this different from D. pellucida?

Locality: Gang Reung , 15 m, Gwang Won Prov. Korea, East Sea, .[E 129°N 38°8'] 04 June 2006.  Length: Approx. 35 mm. Photographer: Tae Ho Cho.

Best regards,
Dong Bum Koh

drkoh@seasee.co.kr

Koh, D. B., 2006 (Dec 18) Dirona pellucida from South Korea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17081

Dear Koh,

They are on fact the same species. I'm afraid I have been a bit slow in making the change on the Forum. Martynov (1997), showed that Dirona aurantia from the Pacific coast of Nth America had already been described from Russia, in 1941, as Dirona pellucida.  It also been described from nthn Japan as D. akkeshiensis Baba, 1957.  Dave Behrens has just prepared a Fact Sheet for the species.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Dec 18). Comment on Dirona pellucida from South Korea by Dong Bum Koh. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17081

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