Hypselodoris carnea from Oman

April 12, 2007
From: Brian Mayes


Hi Bill,

I'm having difficulty in deciding if the attached photos are of Hypselodoris capensis or H. carnea. Due to the broken purple margin around the anterior end and the slight pink body, I feel it is more likely to be capensis, but for geographical reasons carnea seems more likely. What do you think?
I found it on a dive site called "Cockle Shell Bay" in Bandar Khairan, near Muscat in the Gulf of Oman.

Locality: "Cockle Shell Bay", Bandar Khairan, near Muscat, 16 metres, Oman, Gulf of Oman, 01 March 2007, Silty reef. Photographer: Brian Mayes.

Best Regards
Brian Mayes

brian@mayescai.freeserve.co.uk

Mayes, B.R., 2007 (Apr 12) Hypselodoris carnea from Oman. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19677

Dear Brian,
As you will see from the various discussions in messages concerning these two species, you are not the only one who has difficulties in distinguishing them externally. I guess the simplest difference is that H. capensis is a cool temperate species and H. carnea has a tropical distribution, at least in the Indian Ocean. On those grounds your animal is H. carnea.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Apr 12). Comment on Hypselodoris carnea from Oman by Brian Mayes. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19677

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