Phyllidiopsis gemmata from Tofo, Mozambique

August 13, 2007
From: Natasja Vandeperre

Dear Bill,

Is this Phyllidiopsis krempfi? Just looking at it under water it had a green color. On the picture though the colour is pink.

Locality: Tofo, Mozambique, Indian Ocean, 16 July 2007. Photographer: Natasja Vandeperre.

Greetings,
Natasja

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Vandeperre, N., 2007 (Aug 13) Phyllidiopsis gemmata from Tofo, Mozambique. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20412

Dear Natasja,
I am pretty sure this is Phyllidiopsis gemmata. The shift in colour from pink to green is found in species of both Phyllidiella and Phyllidiopsis. I am sure it is not just a trick of light. It may have something to do with the physics of light but it not just a question of the spectral colours and water depth. I have taken green and pink animals of Phyllidiella back to the lab to photograph together only to have them all go pink before I could get my camera set up.
And see the two Phyllidiella pustulosa in message #19118 ].

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Aug 13). Comment on Phyllidiopsis gemmata from Tofo, Mozambique by Natasja Vandeperre. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20412

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