Aegires flores from Papua New Guinea

September 6, 2006
From: Nerida Wilson

Dear Bill and others,
Here is a pic of Aegires flores, and an out-of-focus one of its presumed white upright egg mass. There were three adults within a 30cm radius and there is one actually sitting right above the egg mass.

Locality: Gulewa, Misima Island, 1m, Papua New Guinea, 12 August 2006, silty, reef wall, grotto into island. Length: 15mm. Photographer: Greg Rouse.

Nerida Wilson

wilsong@auburn.edu

Wilson, N.G., 2006 (Sep 6) Aegires flores from Papua New Guinea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17663

Dear Nerida,
Thanks for the record. This is certainly at the pale end of the colour variation in this species but the yellow tips to the gills and rhinophores seem to be a positive character when present.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Sep 6). Comment on Aegires flores from Papua New Guinea by Nerida Wilson. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17663

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