Glossodoris cincta from South Africa
August 30, 2000
From: Valda Fraser
Dear Bill
Gosliner (1987) refers to this nudibranch as Glossodoris sp 2 (page 84). It looks like G. cincta to me. Can you tell me how they differ?
Locality: Sodwana, north coast KwaZulu-Natal, 10m, SOUTH AFRICA
Size: 40mm
Date: August 2000
Thanks.
Regards
Valda Fraser
iti04937@mweb.co.za
Fraser, V., 2000 (Aug 30) Glossodoris cincta from South Africa. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2892Dear Valda,
This is the species Terry called Glossodoris sp. 2. We now consider it a colour form of Glossodoris cincta, but while Terry was publishing his book, I was revising the taxonomy of this group of chromodorids. At that time the taxonomy of these animals was in a bit of a mess and this colour form was certainly not what was considered to be the 'typical' colour form of G. cincta. So Terry leaving it unnamed was a sensible move and although I can't speak for him, I don't think it means he considers it distinct from G. cincta. Its just our work wasn't well synchronised.
See the colour photos of the three colour forms at the top of the page.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.
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