Fryeria menindie from Thailand

April 7, 2000
From: Narongpon Sittithaweepat

Dear Bill

I am not sure if this specimen is Fryeria menindie. I found it at Surin Island. So could you please identify it for me.

Thank you for your kindness again
Narongpon

chromodorid@thaimail.com

Sittithaweepat, N., 2000 (Apr 7) Fryeria menindie from Thailand. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2210

NOTE added 14 July 2006: Fryeria menindie (Brunckhorst, 1993) was shown by Yonow, 1996 to be a junior synonym of Fryeria picta Pruvot-Fol. Animals previously identified as F. menindie on the Forum have been moved to Fryeria picta.

Dear Narongpon,

It certainly seems to be Fryeria menindie, which is quite an interesting find. David Brunckhorst (1993) considered this species to be a western Pacific species, the only records outside this region he knew of were from northwestern Australia, which he considered arose from the Timor Sea connection of the Indian and Pacific Oceans. Your find would suggest a much wider distribution of this species, at least into the eastern Indian Ocean.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2000 (Apr 7). Comment on Fryeria menindie from Thailand by Narongpon Sittithaweepat. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2210

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