Aplysia kurodai from Korea

June 19, 2002
From: Ronald Noseworthy

Dear Bill,
Thanks for your earlier comments. Here is a photo of A. kurodai from Chejudo, Korea, photographed by Dr. Koh. I hope you can use it.

Sogwipo, Cheju Island, South Korea; depth of
20 meters; March, 2001. Photo: Dong Bum, Koh.

All the best!
Ron

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Noseworthy, R., 2002 (Jun 19) Aplysia kurodai from Korea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/7299

Thanks Ron,
This is clearly the same species as Okutani (2000) identifies as A. kurodai from Japan. It is still hard to be sure how many species of Aplysia there are in the Indo-West Pacific at present, but I have not seen this colour pattern elswhere but in the NW Pacific so it is possibly endemic to the region. I look forward to hearing of your research work.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (Jun 19). Comment on Aplysia kurodai from Korea by Ronald Noseworthy. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/7299

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