Janolus from Western Australia

July 4, 2007
From: Bruce Potter

Dear Bill,
I don't think I have sent this one to you before. I found it on a night dive under the Busselton Jetty in Western Australia. It looks like some kind of Janolus, but I have not been able to find one just like it. Can you provide me with a name please?

Locality: Busselton, 7metres, Western Australia, Indian Ocean, 14 January 2007, sponges and weeds and rocks. Length: 20mm. Photographer: Bruce Potter.

Regards
Bruce Potter.

bandppotter@bigpond.com

Potter, B., 2007 (Jul 4) Janolus from Western Australia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19714

Dear Bruce,

It certainly looks like a species of Janolus but I suspect it hasn't got a name at present. I'll call it Janolus sp. 11 so it doesn't get forgotten in a list of 'unidentified' species.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Jul 4). Comment on Janolus from Western Australia by Bruce Potter. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19714

Factsheet

Janolus sp. 11