Hypselodoris infucata from the Gulf of Kutch, India

February 9, 2007
From: Arpit Deomurari


I found this beautiful looking seaslug today morning on a sandy shallow water near Narara Reef in Gulf of Kutch, Gujrat, India. I would like experts to get this beauty identified.

Locality: Narara Island, Gulf of Kutch, shallow water 10 cm, Gujarat, Gulf of Kutch, Arabian Ocean, 03, february 2007, Intertidal sandy area. Length: 1.5 inches. Photographer: Arpit Deomurari.

Arpit Deomurari

deomurari@gmail.com

Deomurari, A., 2007 (Feb 9) Hypselodoris infucata from the Gulf of Kutch, India. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19388

Dear Arpit,

It's always good to get more photos of animals from along the northern part of the Indian Ocean because I still think we have things to learn about colour variation and speciation of these species. This is probably Hypselodoris infucata, which in the western Indian Ocean seems to have a more spotted colour pattern than in the Pacific, where the colours seem to diffuse into one another. However what strikes me about your animal is its similarities to H. sagamiensis, a species known only from Japan. In fact if the large blue-black patches were slightly smaller I would almost be convinced it was H. sagamiensis.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Feb 9). Comment on Hypselodoris infucata from the Gulf of Kutch, India by Arpit Deomurari. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19388

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