Colour variant of Hypselodoris sp. 5 from St Kitts
February 4, 2005
From: Kelly Griggs
I found this guy in St. Kitts at a site called Coconut Reef on 31 December 2004. It was at a depth of 60 feet crawling along the reef. It appears similar to Hypselodoris sp. 5, a various similar to the one from 'Brian' photographed in Bonaire [message #9824 ]. Notice the solid blue rhinopores. Have any updates to this particular species been made? Is it possible to be a different color variation of the same species? Many thanks for your help.
Locality: Coconut Reef , St. Kitts, Caribbean. Depth: 60 feet. Length: 1 inch approx. 31 December 2004. - on the reef (sand bottom). Photographer: Kelly Griggs
Kelly Griggs
Georgia, USA
k_griggs@hotmail.com
Griggs, K., 2005 (Feb 4) Colour variant of Hypselodoris sp. 5 from St Kitts. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/12949
Note added 26 June 2006: This is almost certainly a colour form of H. bayeri. See message #16979]
Dear Kelly,
Thanks for these photos. We have had a few good photos of Caribbean chromodorids in the last couple of days. I am afraid there are no easy answers at the moment. I wonder whether your animal is an an extreme colour form of Hypselodoris bayeri as illustrated in Phillip Gillette's recent message [#13022] ? I am not sure if Hypselodoris sp. 5 is a good species. Perhaps there are two? I agree the white rhinophores with purple tips that some specimens have seems distinctive but there are others with pale purple rhinophores with deeper purple tips. Clearly we need more information on these animals, so photos such as yours are very useful.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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