Flabellina marcusorum from Colombia

September 14, 2000
From: Terry Gosliner

Dear Bill,
I hope you have Olympic fever. I wanted to let you know that Phanor's Flabellina is F. marcusorum, which Alan Kuzirian and I described in 1990. It is a member of the same clade as F. rubrolineata , F. exoptata, F. poenicia, F. delicata and F. hamanni, all of which have papillate rhinophores. It has been found on both sides of the American continent and we have not been able to find any anatomical differences that separate the two populations despite 3.5 million years of separation.
All the best,
Terry.

tgosline@calacademy.org

Gosliner, T., 2000 (Sep 14) Flabellina marcusorum from Colombia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3021

Dear Terry,
I don't know if your Olympic inquiry was in the nature of a curse or a blessing. I left work early today to try and avoid the growing chaos on the trains and 10 minutes ago the Olympic Torch Relay went past my house. Some have left Sydney until it is all over, some are becoming more proud and excited every day and many of us hold mixed emotions. We hope that it will all go well, are shocked by the many excesses, and hope that we will still be able to get to work. If the public transport system fails I am fortunate that I will be able to work at home. As long as the internet does not become clogged with olympic business I may even be able to make an inroad into the backlog of messages I have on the Forum.

And by the way, thanks for identifying Phanor's Flabellina.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2000 (Sep 14). Comment on Flabellina marcusorum from Colombia by Terry Gosliner. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3021

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