Roboastra cf. luteolineata from Sth Africa

July 3, 2001
From: Valda Fraser

Dear Bill
I photographed a "new" nudibranch last week while diving in an area I have never dived before. I think it is Tamba affinis, but I'd feel a whole lot better were you to say yes, or no!
Locality" Durban, SOUTH AFRICA , 15m
Date: June 2001
Size: 4cm
Regards
Valda Fraser

valdafraser@mweb.co.za

Fraser, V., 2001 (Jul 3) Roboastra cf. luteolineata from Sth Africa. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4639

Dear Valda,
As I say at the top of the page I am not sure if this animal, which Debelius records from South Africa as T. luteolineata is really correctly identified or not. Typical R. luteolineata have a pattern of green markings which are absent in these South African animals. Perhaps it is a regional colour variation. It certainly has the prominent blue oral lappets typical of a species of Roboastra. As I say at the top of the page, Eliot's Nembrotha affinis has yet to be rediscovered.

I would call it Roboastra cf. luteolineata at present.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Jul 3). Comment on Roboastra cf. luteolineata from Sth Africa by Valda Fraser. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4639

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