Chelidonura punctata from South Africa

September 7, 2007
From: Valda Fraser

Dear Bill
Think this is Chelidonura punctata. Great that it occurs in our waters.

Locality: Sodwana, 16 m, South Africa, Indian Ocean, February 2007, Reef. Length: 20 mm. Photographer: Valda Fraser.

Please confirm identification.
Regards
Valda Fraser

valdafraser@mweb.co.za

Fraser, V.J., 2007 (Sep 7) Chelidonura punctata from South Africa. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20658

Dear Valda,
It is good to get another record to complement Colin Ogden's [#14132] record from what I guess will be near the southern limits of its distribution. Previously known only from Tanzania and Madagascar, contributors to the Forum have greatly increased the known distribution of this species from South Africa in the south across to Thailand and Burma in the north east of the Indian Ocean.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Sep 7). Comment on Chelidonura punctata from South Africa by Valda Fraser. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20658

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