Hypselodoris from Hachijo
April 9, 2002
From: Rie Nakano
Dear Dr.Rudman,
I found this Hypselodoris at the top of the rocky reef of Hachijo Island, Izu, Japan, in 27th, September, 2001. At first, I thought this animal was Hypselodoris krakatoa, but the background color of this animal is pale beige, mantle edge color is light purple, has not bright white spots. The gills are without white spots up the outer edge of the rachis.
Is this H.krakatoa? Or another spacies? Mr. Masayoshi Nishina says this one and his Hypselodoris sp. are the same species.
Depth:15m
Length:30mm
Water temperature:24.6 degrees
Frequency: common in Hachijo
Sincerely,
Rie Nakano
rie@divers.ne.jp
Nakano, R., 2002 (Apr 9) Hypselodoris from Hachijo. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5501Dear Rie,
I would agree that this is the same as Nishina's photo. I don't think it is a colour form of H. krakatoa. Temporarily I will call it Hypselodoris sp. 6.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.
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