Thorunna cf. daniellae from South Africa
January 11, 2002
From: Valda Fraser
Dear Bill,
This Noumea looking nudibranch reminded me of you because it looks like your Thorunna horologia. Can you please identify it for me?
Locality: Pumula, south coast KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, 28 m
Date: October 2001
Size: 8mm
Thanks.
Regards
Valda Fraser
valdafraser@mweb.co.za
Fraser,V., 2002 (Jan 11) Thorunna cf. daniellae from South Africa. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5595Dear Valda,
I am pretty sure this is Thorunna daniellae, which is quite an interesting find. This spepcies has previously been thought of as a western Pacific species but Mike Miller's photo from Bali, Indonesia of an animal with orange marks midway down the mantle edge certainly links your animal from the western Indian Ocean with his from the eastern side.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.
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