Hoplodoris hansrosaorum from Bonaire, Caribbean

August 22, 2008
From: Jean-Sebastien Morisset

Here's one which looks like a Hoplodoris which we took in Bonaire, at the Town Pier in May 2008.

Locality: Town Pier, 15 feet, length approx 4 cm., Bonaire,  Netherlands Antilles, Caribbean, Atlantic. 25 May 2008.

Jean-Sebastien Morisset

jsmoriss@mvlan.net

J.S. Morisset, 2008 (Aug 22) Hoplodoris hansrosaorum from Bonaire, Caribbean. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21816

BonaireDear JS,

This is an interesting find. I am pretty sure this is the recently named species, Hoplodoris hansrosaorum, which is at present only known from Brazil. There is a photo of a Hoplodoris from Jamaica and the Cayman Islands in  Caribbean Sea Slugs, which may be the same species, but considering how difficult it is to separate some of the Indo-West Pacific species from photos, I guess any identifications will need to be tentative until we know if there is more than one species of Hoplodoris in the western Atlantic.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2008 (Aug 22). Comment on Hoplodoris hansrosaorum from Bonaire, Caribbean by Jean-Sebastien Morisset. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21816

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