Paradoris erythraeensis from the Red Sea

March 2, 2007
From: Binyamin Koretz


Dear Bill,

Upon reviewing Benoit Dayrat's revision of the Paradoris genus [message #18271], Nathalie Yonow expressed her opinion to me that this nudibranch, which we had previously assumed to be a Discodoris sp, is Paradoris erythraeensis, formerly Discodoris erythraeensis (Vayssiere, 1912), which I understand has been reported in the Red Sea also by Gohar & Aboul-Ela (1959).

Locality: Eilat, Satil Area, 24 m, Israel, Red Sea (Gulf of Eilat), 13 May 2006 (night), sea grass, occasional coral heads. Length: 11 mm. Photographer: Binyamin and Shulamit Koretz.

There's nothing more I can tell you except we found it just once, last year at night at our most opisthobranch-active site.

Best regards
Binyamin

binyamin@koretz.net

Koretz, B., 2007 (Mar 2) Paradoris erythraeensis from the Red Sea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19466

Dear Binyamin,
Thanks for this record, which I agree is Paradoris erythraeensis. It is a nice addition. Your animal, and one of those illustrated by Dayrat, have a yellowish marginal band on the mantle. Surprisingly Dayrat does not mention it in his review and neither does Gohar, who studied 'a great number of specimens'.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Mar 2). Comment on Paradoris erythraeensis from the Red Sea by Binyamin Koretz. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19466

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