Rediscovery of Elysia furvacauda from SE Australia

July 17, 2006
From: Trevor McMurrich

Hi Bill,

I can't find this nudi in my resource book. The closest species I could find is Elysia. I would appreciate it if you could identify it for me.

Locality: Indented Heads, 2 metres, Victoria, Australia, Port Phillip Bay, 24-06-06, shallow reef. Length: 15 mm. Photographer: Trevor McMurrich.

Thank you,
Trevor

trevm@aanet.com.au

McMurrich, T.B., 2006 (Jul 17) Rediscovery of Elysia furvacauda from SE Australia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17114

Dear Trevor,

This is to me a very welcome find. It fits Bob Burn's description of Elysia furvacauda almost perfectly. As you will see from the correspondence under Elysia cf. furvacauda, I have been trying to find a photo, or a specimen of an animal matching Burn's description of E. furvacauda for 20 years. What we needed to know was whether animals we find in New South Wales, which almost match Bob's description, are the same or different. At least we can now compare the colour pattern of the two.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Jul 17). Comment on Rediscovery of Elysia furvacauda from SE Australia by Trevor McMurrich. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17114

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