Glossodoris from South Africa

January 7, 2001
From: Valda Fraser

Dear Bill
I am unable to identify this white Glossodoris looking nudibranch edged with yellow and red. Can you help?
Locality: Sodwana, north coast KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA, 15m
Date: Nov 2000
Size: 15mm

Regards
Valda Fraser

valdafraser@mweb.co.za

Fraser, V., 2001 (Jan 7) Glossodoris from South Africa. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3327

Dear Valda,
I am pretty sure this is a juvenile of Glossodoris symmetricus. Often these species with very folded mantle edges only develop the folds as the animal grows. Similarly the characteristic opaque white patch on the dorsum develops with age.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Jan 7). Comment on Glossodoris from South Africa by Valda Fraser. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3327

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