Hypselodoris cf carnea from South Africa

January 6, 2001
From: Valda Fraser

Dear Bill
Please help with identification. Much appreciated.
Locality: Aliwal Shoal, Umkomaas, KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA, 15m
Date: July 2000
Size: 10mm
Thanks.
Valda Fraser

iti04937@mweb.co.za

Dear Valda,
I am pretty sure this is a species of Hypselodoris and my first guess would be that it is a juvenile of one of the terrible twins, Hypselodoris carnea and H. capensis. The orange band on the rhinophores and the orange-edged gills fit that species and the pair of white lines on the mantle could easily be the beginnings of the multiple white lines which typify both species.

Then again it could be something else.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Jan 6). Comment on Hypselodoris cf carnea from South Africa by Valda Fraser. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2842

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