Aegires flores from sthn Queensland

August 7, 2008
From: Gary Cobb


Concerning message #17663:

Hi Bill and everyone!
Here is a record of Aegires flores from here on the Sunshine Coast. This species is fairly common. It is found though out the reefs from Noosa to Moreton Island.

Locality: Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, 16 m, Queensland, Australia, Pacific Ocean, 02 February 2008, Subtidal. Length: 20 mm. Photographer: Gary Cobb.

Cheers
Gary Cobb

gary@nudibranch.com.au

Cobb, G.C., 2008 (Aug 7) Aegires flores from sthn Queensland. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21759

Dear Gary,

Thanks for this record. Your upper photos shows just how spectacular the large Stonehenge-like ring of tubercles around the gills is. It is good that the species has such a very distinctive feature, because its very variable colour pattern might have lured someone into thinking that the different colour forms were different species.  

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2008 (Aug 7). Comment on Aegires flores from sthn Queensland by Gary Cobb. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21759

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