Re: Glossodoris sp. A

October 3, 1999
From: Jim Cruise

Dear Dr Rudman,
I am regularly visiting the site and am astounded by the amount of traffic; congratulations on the good work.
A few months ago I sent you 2 slides, one of Thecacera picta, and one of a large pink Glossodoris sp.. I realise that to ID an animal, a specimen is really the only way to do it. However, I would query the big pink Glossodoris is G. dendrobranchia on the basis that I have found and photographed many G. dendrobranchia in the same area and same reef and they are the usual brown and white colouration.

Jim Cruise

jim.cruise@env.qld.gov.au

Cruise, J., 1999 (Oct 3) Re: Glossodoris sp. A. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1381

Dear Jim,
Thanks for the message. As I said at the top of the page, I thought this animal was distinct from G. dendrobranchia, but am still waiting for some more specimens to confirm it. A nondescript colour, such as this species has, makes me a little more cautious about naming it as a new species, than I possibly would be with one with a bright and distinctly different colour pattern. Your observations on G. dendrobranchia are very useful as they help to confirm the 'normal' colour pattern of that species. If you come across a specimen or two of the pink Glossodoris sp. A, I would be very grateful for some specimens.
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 1999 (Oct 3). Comment on Re: Glossodoris sp. A by Jim Cruise. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1381

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