Ringicula found sthn Queensland

May 14, 2009
From: Gary Cobb


Concerning message #16718:

Hi Bill and everyone!
Good to see you're back. Now onto more pressing matters... While David Mullins, Richard Willan and I were diving near Bulwer Moreton Island, we were sieving the sand just off the shore in 4 metres of water. In the bits were found 7 new species to nudibranch.com.au including 2 species of Ringicula.
Here are photos of the shells. I have also found one shell at Pt. Cartwright off Mooloolaba Queensland.

Locality: Moreton Island, 4 m, Queensland, Australia, Pacific Ocean, 10 April 2009, Subtidal and Intertidal. Length: 2-4 mm. Photographer: Gary Cobb.

Cheers
Gary

gary@nudibranch.com.au

Cobb, G.C., 2009 (May 14) Ringicula found sthn Queensland. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22447

Thanks Gary,

Shells of white or colourless bubble shells are often very difficult to identify as they have few shell characters we can use for species identification - and in some cases it is impossible to identify which family they belong to from shell alone. Adding to the confusion are the many names that exist - many from early exploring expeditions - which are based on shell descriptions with no information on the animal's anatomy.

At this stage all I can do is put your shells on a Ringicula misc Pacific page in the hope that it stirs someone's interest in revising this group.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2009 (May 14). Comment on Ringicula found sthn Queensland by Gary Cobb. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22447

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