Re: Glossodoris dendrobranchia?

February 1, 2007
From: Lindsay Warren

Concerning message #7414:

Dear Bill
I have just been looking through the various species in the Glossodoris atromarginata colour group and wonder whether the specimens featured on the G. cf atromarginata page are in fact further examples of Glossodoris tibboeli Valdés & Adams, 2005?

Looking forward to your thoughts.

All the best
Lindsay

lwarren@datonomy.co.uk

Warren, L.C.R., 2007 (Feb 1) Re: Glossodoris dendrobranchia?. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19357

Dear Lindsay,
You could well be right. My only doubt is that in larger specimens of G. tibboeli the edge of the mantle has a very sinuous greyish line, while in the larger specimens of G. cf. atromarginata there seems to be no sign of this secondary folding although the animals are longer. Usually, species of Glossodoris develop the secondary folding as they grow larger. Perhaps Clay Carlson, who has collected many specimens, could check and let us know whether there is any correlation between length of animal and degree of folding at the mantle edge.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Feb 1). Comment on Re: Glossodoris dendrobranchia? by Lindsay Warren. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19357

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