Umbraculum what?

December 21, 2001
From: Valda Fraser

Dear Bill
My references do not give the same name. What is the latest?
Locality: Pumula, south coast KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa, intertidal zone
Date: December 2001
Size: 90 mm
Thanks.
Regards
Valda Fraser

valdafraser@mweb.co.za

Fraser, V., 2001 (Dec 21) Umbraculum what?. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5871

Dear Valda,
The prevailing view is that there is one species in the Indo-West Pacific and its earliest name is Umbraculum umbraculum.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Dec 21). Comment on Umbraculum what? by Valda Fraser. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5871

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