Philinopsis troubridgensis from South Australia (2)

May 16, 2003
From: Bill Rudman

Here are some more photos of juvenile Philinopsis troubrigensis showing colour variation. It would seem that they start life a small black animals with white and blue spots and gradually develop the reticulate pattern found in adults.

Boston Bay, Nth of Port Lincoln, Eyre Peninsula, South Australia, 3m, amongst filamentous algae, February 1985. Upper Right: 20mm long. Lower photos: both 15mm long. AM C145116. Photos: Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (May 16) Philinopsis troubridgensis from South Australia (2). [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/9903

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