First record of Hoplodoris estrelyado from the Red Sea
May 22, 2007
From: Sven Kahlbrock
Hello Bill,
Some guests of mine found this small slug. To me it looks like Hoplodoris nodulosa, but it should not be common in our area. are there some other reports from it here?
Locality: Marsa Abu Galawa, hurghada, 14m, Egypt, Red Sea, 31 december 2006, sandbottom with some coral. Length: aprox. 5 cm. Photographer: Marion Streilein.
With best regards,
Sven Kahlbrock
s_kahlbrock@web.de
Kahlbrock, S., 2007 (May 22) First record of Hoplodoris estrelyado from the Red Sea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19146Dear Sven,
This is an interesting find. It is a species of Hoplodoris but it is not H. nodulosa. From the colour pattern of white patches, and small brown specks and yellow rings around the base of the pustules, this can only be Hoplodoris estrelyado. What is interesting is that it has only previously been reported from the western Pacific. Your record from the Egyptian Red Sea increases its distribution to the other side of the Indian Ocean.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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