Janolus capensis from Port Elizabeth

October 8, 2003
From: Charles Rowe

Dear Bill,
Here is a photo taken at Whitesands, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, on 16 February 2003 at 16 metres.

Charles Rowe

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Rowe, C., 2003 (Oct 8) Janolus capensis from Port Elizabeth. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/11151

Dear Charles,
I am pretty sure this is Janolus capensis, which according to Terry Gosliner is quite common throughout the year on both the Atlantic and Pacific coasts of the Cape Peninsula. I was not sure if the egg ribbon in your photo was related to the slug, but from Terry's description of the egg ribbon as 'highly convoluted' I would suspect the egg ribbon may well belong to this slug
Best wishes
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (Oct 8). Comment on Janolus capensis from Port Elizabeth by Charles Rowe. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/11151

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