Hypselodoris picta tema
Edmunds, 1981
Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Superfamily: EUDORIDOIDEA
Family: Chromodorididae
DISTRIBUTION
West Africa [Ghana, Senegal]
PHOTO
Dakar, Senegal. April 1999. Upper: Almadies; Depth: 14m. Lower: Madeleine Isles; Depth: 12m
Described from Ghana, by Edmunds (1981), as Hypselodoris tema. Ortea et. al. (1996) consider it to be a subspecies of Hypselodoris picta. The relationship between all the colour forms of H. picta are still not clear to me but I am putting this on a separate subspecies page.
Reference:
• Edmunds, M. (1981) Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Ghana: Chromodorididae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 72(2): 175-201.
• Ortea, J., Valdés, A. & and García-Gómez, J.C. (1996) Revisión de las especies atlánticas de la familia Chromodorididae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) de grupo cromático azul. [Review of the Atlantic species of the family Chromodorididae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) of the blue chromatic group.] Avicennia, 1996, Suppl. 1: 1-165.
Rudman, W.B., 2003 (April 16) Hypselodoris picta tema Edmunds, 1981. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/hypstema
Related messages
Hypselodoris picta tema from Senegal
April 18, 2003
From: Marina & Patrice
Dear Bill,
Here is another species from Dakar, Senegal.
I have never seen specimens like this, but according to general shape I think it is a colour form of Hypselodoris picta. I would like to have your opinion on it.
These photos were taken by Patrice in April 1999.
Upper Photo: Site : Almadies; Depth: 14m
Lower Photo: Site : Madeleine Isles; Depth: 12m
Best wishes,
Marina Poddubetskaia
nembro@nembro.info
Patrice Petit de Voize
PdeVoize@aol.com
Dear Marina & Patrice,
This is an animal that Malcolm Edmunds (1981)described from Ghana as Hypselodoris tema. Ortea et. al. (1996) consider it to be a subspecies of Hypselodoris picta, and so call it Hypselodoris picta tema. The relationship between all the colour forms of H. picta are still not clear to me but I am putting this on a separate subspecies page. It is certainly an interesting find. The lower photo matches a photo from Ghana in Ortea et. al. (1996 - Fig 10F)
• Edmunds, M. (1981) Opisthobranchiate Mollusca from Ghana: Chromodorididae. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 72(2): 175-201.
• Ortea, J., Valdés, A. & and García-Gómez, J.C. (1996) Revisión de las especies atlánticas de la familia Chromodorididae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) de grupo cromático azul. [Review of the Atlantic species of the family Chromodorididae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) of the blue chromatic group.] Avicennia, 1996, Suppl. 1: 1-165.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
Hypselodoris picta from Equatorial Guinea
October 12, 2002
From: Felix Villares
Dear Bill.
here is a photo from Bioko Island in Equatorial Guinea. I think it is an Hypselodoris but I don't know the name. The depth was 25 mtrs. on a sandy bottom, and the size was 5 cm.
Felix Villares
elbuzo@guay.com
Villares, F., 2002 (Oct 12) Hypselodoris picta from Equatorial Guinea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/8158Dear Felix,
Thanks for the photo. It is indeed a species of Hypselodoris. It is Hypselodoris picta which you willl see from the Fact Sheet, and earlier messages, is quite variable in colour. The colour pattern in your animal is almost identical to that in a photo from Ghana published in Ortea et al (1996).
• Ortea, J., Valdés, A. & and García-Gómez, J.C. (1996) Revisión de las especies atlánticas de la familia Chromodorididae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) de grupo cromático azul. [Review of the Atlantic species of the family Chromodorididae (Mollusca: Nudibranchia) of the blue chromatic group.] Avicennia, 1996, Suppl. 1: 1-165.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
