Jason mirabilis from New Zealand

December 7, 2002
From: Ian Simpson

Dear Bill,
Here are some photos of Jason mirabilis. You didn't appear to have many photos of this species on the website. This specimen was on the same hydroid two days in a row, which grew from the side of the hull of the Rainbow Warrior.

Data: Wreck of the Rainbow Warrior. NE New Zealand,9th November 2001; depth 20 metres.

Ian Simpson

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Simpson, I., 2002 (Dec 7) Jason mirabilis from New Zealand. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/8605

Thanks Ian,
It's certainly good to get some more photos of this unique New Zealand aeolid, which feeds on this hydroid, Solanderia ramosa.

It is also good to see something positive has come of the outrageous Rainbow Warrior affair. For those of you unfamiliar with the incident, the Rainbow Warrior was the flagship of the Green Peace organisation leading protests against the French Nuclear tests in the Pacific. While in Auckland Harbour it was bombed by French Secret Service agents in July 1985, killing one of the crew. The wreck was relocated off the Cavalli Islands, just north of the Bay of Islands in northeastern New Zealand two years later, to form an artificial reef and living memorial. It is now home to a spectacular assemblage of marine life.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (Dec 7). Comment on Jason mirabilis from New Zealand by Ian Simpson. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/8605

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