Tritoniopsis elegans from Hong Kong

July 8, 2001
From: Leslie Chan

Dear Bill,

Could you identify this nudibranch which I photographed in Hong Kong.
Details: 7m, Long Ke, Hong Kong. 20 October 2000.

Thanks
Leslie Chan

leslie@lesmart.com

Chan, L., 2001 (Jul 8) Tritoniopsis elegans from Hong Kong. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4763

Dear Leslie,
This is Tritoniopsis elegans. It ranges in colour from white to orange and red, probbaly related to the colour of the soft-corals on which it feeds.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Jul 8). Comment on Tritoniopsis elegans from Hong Kong by Leslie Chan. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4763

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