Another Phyllodesmium from South Africa

June 5, 2001
From: Valda Fraser

Dear Bill
I wonder what you will have to say about this one! Thank you for all your help.
Locality: Pumula, south coast KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA, intertidal zone
Date: July 2000
Size: 30mm
Regards
Valda

iti04937@mweb.co.za

Fraser, V., 2001 (Jun 5) Another Phyllodesmium from South Africa. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2680

Dear Valda,
It looks very similar to Phyllodesmium crypticum but from your photo this animal has long and tuberculate rhinophores while in P. crypticum they are smooth, and about half the length of the nearby cerata.

I would need to look at the anatomy to say anything sensible about this animal.
Cheers,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Jun 5). Comment on Another Phyllodesmium from South Africa by Valda Fraser. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2680

Factsheet

Phyllodesmium cf. crypticum