Aegires villosus from Tonga
April 5, 2007
From: Lindsay Warren
Dear Bill
Just thought you might like to have these shots for a locality record of Aegires villosus from Tonga. Kevin Reed found it while we were rock-pooling in the intertidal zone near Toula village in Vava'u. It was moving in very shallow water along the edge of a fast flowing stream leading from a small lagoon surrounded by mangrove trees. The substrate was a mix of silt covered calcareous algae, bryozoans, etc.
Locality: Toula, Vava'u, 4 cm, Kingdom of Tonga, Tropical Western Pacific, 13 July 2006, 14:05, Intertidal reef crest in fast flowing outflow stream from mangrove lagoon. Reef crest then gives way to sheer wall dropping to approx. 25 m.. Length: 7 mm. Photographer: Lindsay Warren.
All the best
Lindsay
lwarren@datonomy.co.uk
Warren, L.C.R., 2007 (Apr 5) Aegires villosus from Tonga. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19268
Thanks Lindsay,
It is nice to get records from the eastern most islands of the western Pacific
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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