Spurilla australis from Lembeh Straits, Sulawesi
March 26, 2007
From: Matt Oldfield
I shot this nudi in the Lembeh Straits, Sulawesi, late last year and it is being used in a book which is going to press very soon. However I cannot identify it at all, and am wondering if anyone can help me out. Image attached, and many thanks.
Locality: Lembeh Straits, 10 m aprox. Sulawesi, Pacific, December 2006, Black sand bottom. Length: 2 cms aprox. Photographer: Matt Oldfield.
Matt Oldfield
matt@scubazoo.com
Oldfield, M., 2007 (Mar 26) Spurilla australis from Lembeh Straits, Sulawesi. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19744Dear Matt,
This is almost certainly Spurilla australis but I am beginning to wonder if S. australis is just a form of the much less colourful Spurilla major. I guess if you are about to publish the name in a book, you should stick to S. australis at this stage.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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