Asteronotus? from PNG

May 20, 2001
From: Erwin Koehler

Dear Bill
Attached is a photo from Papua New Guinea made by Beate and Peter Lange
Email: beate.lange@aon.at

Other data were not recorded. Is it a species of Asteronotus or something else?
Erwin

Erwin@medslugs.de

Koehler. E., 2001 (May 20) Asteronotus? from PNG. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4055

Dear Erwin,
Yes it is Asteronotus cespitosus, another common species which has not appeared on the Forum until now. It has quite a range in colour, sometimes being a uniform brown or khaki colour. I have attached a photo alongside of an animal from W of Bonege Island, Guadalcanal, Solomon Ids, 10 October 1983. Photo: I Knight

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (May 20). Comment on Asteronotus? from PNG by Erwin Koehler. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4055

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