Tiny Fiordland Aeolid

May 17, 2006
From: Ian Skipworth

Hi Bill

Here's yet another unknown slug. I found two of these on the same dive. Both had the distinctive yellow dot in front of the rhinophores. I've not seen anything similar before and your thoughts on its identification would be much appreciated.

Locality: Nine Fathoms Passage, Dusky Sound, 10m, Fiordland, New Zealand, Tasman Sea, 9 May 2006, Rocky reef. Length: 6mm. Photographer: Ian Skipworth

Cheers
Ian

ianskip@xtra.co.nz

Skipworth, I.R., 2006 (May 17) Tiny Fiordland Aeolid. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16606

Dear Ian,
I am pretty sure this is a species of Cuthona. The distinctive colour pattern should make this species instantly identifiable, but I can find no described species with this colour pattern. I suspect this is another unnamed species. It deserves a page rather than being hidden on an 'unidentified page' but I will wait a while in case someone recognises it.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (May 17). Comment on Tiny Fiordland Aeolid by Ian Skipworth. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16606

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Unidentified - Australia and New Zealand

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