First record of Hoplodoris estrelyado from the Red Sea

May 22, 2007
From: Sven Kahlbrock


Hello Bill,
Some guests of mine found this small slug. To me it looks like Hoplodoris nodulosa, but it should not be common in our area. are there some other reports from it here?

Locality: Marsa Abu Galawa, hurghada, 14m, Egypt, Red Sea, 31 december 2006, sandbottom with some coral. Length: aprox. 5 cm. Photographer: Marion Streilein.

With best regards,
Sven Kahlbrock

s_kahlbrock@web.de

Kahlbrock, S., 2007 (May 22) First record of Hoplodoris estrelyado from the Red Sea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19146

Dear Sven,
This is an interesting find. It is a species of Hoplodoris but it is not H. nodulosa. From the colour pattern of white patches, and small brown specks and yellow rings around the base of the pustules, this can only be Hoplodoris estrelyado. What is interesting is that it has only previously been reported from the western Pacific. Your record from the Egyptian Red Sea increases its distribution to the other side of the Indian Ocean.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (May 22). Comment on First record of Hoplodoris estrelyado from the Red Sea by Sven Kahlbrock. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19146

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