Phidiana bourailli from sthn Queensland

May 8, 2009
From: Gary Cobb


Concerning message #22358:

Hi Bill and everyone!
Here is a record of Phidiana bourailli from sthn Queensland. All animals are found from the Sunshine Coast's intertidal areas. The three photos I have here show variations in its red lines. One is very strong and one is very broken.

Locality: Sunshine Coast, Caloundra to Noosa, Queensland, Australia, Pacific Ocean, 03 November 2008, Intertidal (10 cm). Length: 10 - 18 mm. Photographer: Gary Cobb.

Cheers
Gary Cobb

gary@nudibranch.com.au

Cobb, G.C., 2009 (May 8) Phidiana bourailli from sthn Queensland. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22408

Dear Gary,

Thanks for this gradation of colour patterns. It certainly supports my earlier comments [message #22326] that Phidiana semidecora, Phidiana anulifera and Phidiana bourailli could well be colour forms of one species.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2009 (May 8). Comment on Phidiana bourailli from sthn Queensland by Gary Cobb. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22408

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