Hoplodoris sp? from Townsville, QLD

February 29, 2008
From: Melanie Wood

Hello,

I was hoping that I could get some aid in the identification of this nudibranch. I believe it is a Hoplodoris but I am unsure as to the species, there are a couple that I believe it may be.

As always, thank you for your great help and wonderful site!

Locality: Rowes Bay, Townsville, Low tide, exposed, Qld, Australia, 9 August 2007, Intertidal muddy. Length: Approximately 4cm. Photographer: Melanie Wood.

Melanie Wood

deadlegsmel@hotmail.com

Wood, M.J., 2008 (Feb 29) Hoplodoris sp? from Townsville, QLD. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21191

Dear Mel,

In general shape and colour I am pretty sure this is Hoplodoris nodulosa which is a bit puzzling as it is thought to have a distribution in the more temperate waters of sthn Australia and New Zealand.  We have a specimen from Reunion Is,  in the Indian Ocean [message #19494], which I have tentatively identified as the same species. If I am correct we would have to have a rethink.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2008 (Feb 29). Comment on Hoplodoris sp? from Townsville, QLD by Melanie Wood. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21191

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