Aphelodoris varia outside Sydney Harbour
March 17, 2000
From: Erik Schloegl
Dear Bill,
Thank you for your identification of Hoplodoris nodulosa. Given your remark about feeling guilty (though how you can feel guilty with such a comprehensive and rapidly expanding Web site is beyond me) of not yet including some of the common southeastern Australian nudibranchs, I thought the little guys needed an advocate on the Sea Slug Forum, so here's another very common one that I think is still missing: Aphelodoris varia, photographed on rocky reef at a depth of 20m at Colours Reef, just south of the entrance to Sydney Harbour, on February 7, 1998.
Best regards,
Erik
schloegl@maths.uts.edu.au
Schloegl, E., 2000 (Mar 17) Aphelodoris varia outside Sydney Harbour. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2099Dear Erik,
Thanks for Aphelodoris varia, it certainly needs to be on the site. I have added a page showing some of the colour variability in this species. There are also names for a group of species found in southern Australia but I think more work needs to be done before they are sorted out satisfactorily.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.
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