Hypselodoris capensis & H. carnea

July 28, 2000
From: Bill Rudman

I recently found two photos I was sent some years ago from South Africa of two species of Hypselodoris. I had been unable to decide whether they were both Hypselodoris capensis or Hypselodoris carnea, or one of each. I have asked Terry Gosliner's opinion and he considers that this one is H. carnea and the other, which I have posted on a separate page is Hypselodoris capensis.

This animal was collected in an intertidal pool, Algoa Bay, Eastern Cape, nr Port Elizabeth, South Africa. 15mm long alive, 1973. Photo: Robin Stobbs.

Algoa Bay must be a region where the geographical distributions of the cool temperate H. capensis and the tropical H. carnea overlap/

They are clearly very difficult to distinguish externally.

Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2000 (Jul 28) Hypselodoris capensis & H. carnea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2785

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