Glossodoris hikuerensis from South Africa

May 1, 2000
From: Valda Fraser

Dear Bill
I think this is Glossodoris hikuerensis. I hope you have information on its distribution and size. I look forward to hearing from you.
Locality: South coast KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA. Scottburgh - 15m
Date: April 2000
Size: 45mm
Regards
Valda Fraser

iti04937@mweb.co.za

Fraser, V., 2000 (May 1) Glossodoris hikuerensis from South Africa. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2325

Dear Valda,
Yes your photo is of G. hikuerensis. It has a wide distribution across the Indo-West Pacific. Most records are from the Pacific, but I reported an animal from Kenya (Rudman, 1986), and you have it now from South Africa. The western Indian Ocean animals seem to have a slight colour difference with the bluish band around the margin being clealry separated from the brown reticulate pattern, while in the Pacific the band seems to merge with the reticulate pattern.

hard to give a good idea of how large it grows because we have so few records. However the photograph above is of an 80mm long animal, so they grow to quite a large size.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2000 (May 1). Comment on Glossodoris hikuerensis from South Africa by Valda Fraser. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2325

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