Re: Aplysiopsis? from North Sulawesi

April 12, 2010
From: Franco De Lorenzi


Concerning message #21790:

Dear prof. Rudman,
Concerning to this message in the same place I found both or similar species toghether. So have I to consider them the same speciment?

Locality: Critter hunter - Lembeh Strait, 25 metres, Indonesia, indopacific ocean, 26 august 2009, white sand, broken coral, sponges. Length: 7 mm - 20 mm . Photographer: Franco De Lorenzi.

Thanks for Your help.
Franco

cratena@tiscali.it

De Lorenzi, F., 2010 (Apr 12) Re: Aplysiopsis? from North Sulawesi. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/23474

Dear Franco,

This is a nice find and certainly is good evidence that the two are colour forms of one species. Interestingly we can see in the juvenile yellow one that it has traces of the white bands on the cerata whih are so typical of the larger specimens.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2010 (Apr 12). Comment on Re: Aplysiopsis? from North Sulawesi by Franco De Lorenzi. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/23474

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