Re: 'Aeolidia' helicochorda

June 23, 2001
From: Irina Roginskaya

Dear Bill,
I am sorry, I do not understand why the green creature in front of the message of Nishina Masayoshi, with perfoliate rhinophores and long, cylindrical, not leaf-like, cerata is called Aeolidia?
Best wishes.
Irina Roginskaya.

irina7@hotmail.com

Roginskaya, I, 2001 (Jun 23) Re: 'Aeolidia' helicochorda. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4653

Dear Irina,
Your wish is granted! It is no longer in the genus Aeolidia. I was calling the animal 'Aeolidia' because that is where Michael Miller provisionally placed it when he described it in 1987. He planned to publish a revision of the family soon after. Richard Willan's message today informs us that Michael's revision is at last published and the 'green creature' has been removed to a new genus Burnaia.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Jun 23). Comment on Re: 'Aeolidia' helicochorda by Irina Roginskaya. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4653

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