Aphelodoris from New Zealand
January 12, 2010
From: Nova Mieszkowska
Hi again
Another species that you can hopefully id - I'm sending them all separately as per your website instructions.
Locality: Tonga Island Marine Reserve, Abel Tasman National Park, nthn tip of South Island, New Zealand, 10 January 2010, rocky intertidal. Length: 2 inches. Photographer: N Mieszkowska.
Many thanks,
Nova
nova@mba.ac.uk
Mieszkowska, N., 2010 (Jan 12) Aphelodoris from New Zealand. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/23083Dear Nova,
This is Aphelodoris luctuosa. As I discuss in an earlier message [#7490], it appears that southern specimens of this NZ species lack brown markings. In the close-up alongside, the raised rhinophore sheaths, which are characteristic of this genus are very onvious.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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