Hypselodoris maridadilus from Mauritius
June 25, 1999
From: Erwin Koehler
Bill,
This photo is from Mauritius, taken by Georg Heinze. Size about 3 cm, about 20 m depth, Aug. 1993. Debelius has a similar looking one from Mauritius at top of page 239 IDed as H. mouaci. Is this slug the same one?
Erwin
Medslugs.Koehler@t-online.de
Koehler, E., 1999 (Jun 25) Hypselodoris maridadilus from Mauritius. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/979Dear Erwin,
Yes this is the same as Debelius's photo. For some reason he says in his book that it stopped being called H. maridadilus in 1994. I have no idea who gave him that idea. The book well illustrates how vital it is to include references in works such as this. Be that as it may, I consider it to be a distinct species which I named from Tanzania some years ago.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.
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