Re: Mystery aeolid from Florida
September 27, 2002
From: Anne DuPont
Dear Bill,
Thank you for the post on September 20, of my "Mystery aeolid from Florida."
This past Saturday night, September 21, we were able to find them again, in the same location, in about 12 feet of water, West Palm Beach, Florida. This speciman was about 1 inch long, and was on the same hydroids along with a smaller one.
On this photo you can better see the rhinophores.
Thank you.
Anne DuPont
Delray Beach, Fl., USA
akdupont@bellsouth.net
DuPont, A., 2002 (Sep 27) Re: Mystery aeolid from Florida. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/8063Dear Anne,
I'm glad I said "There is a possibility it is a form of Dondice occidentalis" as I suspect that is what it is. I can certainly see the rhinophores more clearly in this photo and they defintitely have lamellae rather than papillae. I have looked again at your original photos and they still look papillate - which only goes to show how risky it is to identify things from photos. Dondice occidentalis certainly seems to be a very variably coloured species
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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