Thordisa villosa from Sydney

March 18, 2001
From: Erik Schloegl

Dear Bill,
Here's another specimen from Camp Cove, Sydney Harbour. About 2cm long, I didn't even recognize it as a nudibranch at first, slightly buried as it was in the mud covering a rocky reef at a depth of about 4m. The photo was taken several hours after sunset on April 15, 1999.

Best regards,
Erik

Erik.Schlogl@uts.edu.au

Schloegl, E., 2001 (Mar 18) Thordisa villosa from Sydney. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3897

Dear Erik,
I am pretty sure this is Thordisa villosa, which is another widespread Indo-West Pacific species which is quite variable in colour. The long tapering tentacle-like papillae on is mantle are quite characteristic. I'll try and post some more photos of this species to show some of the variations in colour I have found.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Mar 18). Comment on Thordisa villosa from Sydney by Erik Schloegl. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3897

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