Aegires villosus from South Australia

January 31, 2000
From: Stuart Hutchison

Dear Bill,

Here is another one from Edithburgh, Yorke Peninsula, South Australia, early December 1999 - about 8mm long. Only sighting in five years.
Regards,
Stuart Hutchison.

hutchco@tpg.com.au

Hutchison, S., 2000 (Jan 31) Aegires villosus from South Australia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1754

Dear Stuart,
This is Aegires villosus, a small nudibranch which is not uncommon in the tropical Indo-West Pacific. Its presence in South Australian waters again underlines how interesting the fauna of southern Australia is with a good proportion of southern endemic species but also a smattering of tropical species which appear to be recruited as larvae which are carried south down the Western Australian coast by the Leuwin Current. Each year the mix of tropical species in South Australia will change, depending on which larvae fortuitously make the journey south, like Americans to Florida.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2000 (Jan 31). Comment on Aegires villosus from South Australia by Stuart Hutchison. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1754

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