New Glossodoris from the Red Sea

July 25, 2006
From: Annick Maurer

Dear Bill
I took this photo in June of a sea slug in El Quseir / Egypt. I can`t find it in the forum. That means, I`ll need some help.

Locality: El Quseir, 30 m, Egypt, Red Sea, 21 June 2006. Length: 2.5 - 5 cm. Photographer: Annick Maurer.

Thank you
Annick Maurer

annick_maurer@yahoo.de

Maurer, A., 2006 (Jul 25) New Glossodoris from the Red Sea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16986

Dear Nicky,
Even though the chromodorid nudibranchs are some of the most spectacularly coloured animals, and I have seen many of them, I can still be amazed when I see a new colour pattern. I am pretty sure this is an unnamed species. The only other one with blue on the edge of the mantle is Glossodoris cincta, and I am sure it is not a form of that species.

The white body, with a bright blue mantle border, edged in dark blue or black, should be good characters for this species.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Jul 25). Comment on New Glossodoris from the Red Sea by Annick Maurer. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16986

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