Possible Eubranchus from False Bay
May 25, 2007
From: Georgina Jones
Dear Bill,
I found this small nudibranch the other day -- the photographs aren't fantastic, but I think it is a species of Eubranchus which doesn't appear in Gosliner's reference book. What do you think?
I have included a picture of the egg ribbon which were next to the nudis -- they weren't actually laying them, but I thought the proximity suggestive.
Locality: Cape Town, 13 m, South Africa, False Bay, 25 April 2007, rocky reef with heavy sponge encrustation. Length: 15 mm. Photographer: Georgina Jones.
Best wishes
Georgina Jones
gjones@icon.co.za
Jones, G.J., 2007 (May 25) Possible Eubranchus from False Bay. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19936Dear Georgina,
It certainly looks like it could be a species of Eubranchus but I don't recognise the species. I've included the egg ribbon - but as you imply it may be nothing to do with the aeolid
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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