Glossodoris sedna from Utila, Honduras

January 19, 2006
From: Les Wilk

Hi Bill;

Just letting you know that the tropical West Atlantic range of Glossodoris sedna includes the island of Utila, Honduras.

Locality: Utila Island, Honduras. Caribbean. Depth: 30 feet. Length: 1 inch.
July 2000. reef. Photographer: Keri Wilk

Les Wilk

wilk@reefnet.ca

Wilk, L., 2006 (Jan 19) Glossodoris sedna from Utila, Honduras. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/15600

Thanks Les,
I think this is an interesting expansion to its known Caribbean distribution. Humann & Deloach (2002) note that it is known f rom Sth Florida and the NE Bahamas. Their suggestion that it may have got through the Panama Canal on a ship's bottom ignores the fresh water lakes that form part of the canal system, though this doesn't preclude their other suggestion that it may have arrived in ballast water.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Jan 19). Comment on Glossodoris sedna from Utila, Honduras by Les Wilk. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/15600

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