Hypselodoris kanga from Papua New Guinea

December 13, 2001
From: Tim Murrell


Dear Dr Rudman,
Here is another nudibranch that I pulled of the film from Loloata Island, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea.
The photos were taken in 1m of water at low tide in sea grass beds. Early June 2001.
The animal is quite small as you can see from the rather large thumb in the images.
Would you mind providing an Id for this animal?

Tim Murrell

maxx@bigpond.net.au

Murrell, T., 2001 (Dec 13) Hypselodoris kanga from Papua New Guinea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5819

Dear Tim,
This is Hypselodoris kanga. As I discuss at the top of the page this is one of a number of similarly coloured species. It can be distingusihed by the row of yellow spots up the outside face of the triangular shaped gills. Unfortunately this is the one character I can't see in your photos, but the gills do appear to be triangular and the reddish tip is also a useful character.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Dec 13). Comment on Hypselodoris kanga from Papua New Guinea by Tim Murrell . [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5819

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