Phyllidia new sp? from Sth Africa

March 25, 2000
From: Valda Fraser

Dear Bill
Please identify this phyllidia. I have been diving in a new area and am finding nudibranchs I have never seen before.
Locality: South Coast KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA. Scottburgh - Rocky Reef - 24m
Date: November 1999
Size: 35mm
Regards,
Valda Fraser

iti04937@mweb.co.za

Fraser, V., 2000 (Mar 25) Phyllidia new sp? from Sth Africa. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1582

I think this is a species of Phyllidia but the lack of yellow capped tubercles and the presence of distinct longitudinal ridges are quite unusual for the genus. It might be an aberrant P. varicosa or a new species.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2000 (Mar 25). Comment on Phyllidia new sp? from Sth Africa by Valda Fraser. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1582

Factsheet

Phyllidia cf. varicosa