Dorid from South Africa

May 2, 2001
From: Valda Fraser

Dear Bill
I am clueless as regards this nudibranch. It was perched on a whitish whip coral looking frond.
Locality: Hlukela, Transkei, SOUTH AFRICA - 18m
Date: June 2000
Size: 12mm
Regards
Valda

iti04937@mweb.co.za

Fraser, V., 2001 (May 2) Dorid from South Africa. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2678

Note added 21 May 2007: This is Lecithophorus capensis.

Dear Valda,
A dorid on a whip coral, by which I presume you mean a gorgonian, is not something that rings a bell. I don't know of a dorid that associates with, or eats, gorgonians. It is possible it was just passing by, but I'm afraid its shape doesn't give me many clues.

Hopefully someone will have an idea. I don't like consigning species to the 'unidentified' page.
best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (May 2). Comment on Dorid from South Africa by Valda Fraser. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2678

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