Chelidonura fulvipunctata from the Red Sea

April 23, 2005
From: Binyamin Koretz


Hi Bill,

Here's a record of Chelidonura fulvipunctata in the Red Sea.

Locality: Eilat, Caves, Israel. Red Sea (Gulf of Eilat). Depth: 5 m. Length: 8 mm. 20 April 2005. sandy flat with occasional corals. Photographer: Binyamin and Shulamit Koretz.

I'm not sure whether it's been reported previously from here, although there are several published reports of this species in the Mediterranean (see http://www.ciesm.org/atlas/Chelidonurafulvipunctata.html ), where it's assumed to be a Lessepsian migrant, so this shouldn't be too surprising.

Best regards
Binyamin

binyamin@koretz.net

Koretz, B., 2005 (Apr 23) Chelidonura fulvipunctata from the Red Sea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/13596

Dear Binyamin,
Thanks for this record, which is a valuable new addition. Terry Gosliner (1987) records a single specimen from South Africa [Knysna Lagoon - between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth] which is the only record I know of from the western Indian Ocean. It certainly supports interpreting the Mediterranean records as Lessepian migration.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2005 (Apr 23). Comment on Chelidonura fulvipunctata from the Red Sea by Binyamin Koretz. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/13596

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