Doriopsilla carneola ? from Western Australia

August 11, 2007
From: Bruce Potter

Dear Bill,

I found this fellow on a mucky dive under a small jetty near Rockingham in Western Australia. Would it be Doriopsilla carneola?

Locality: Rockingham, 7 metres, Western Australia, Indian Ocean, 4 April 2007, Silty under jetty. Length: 35 mm

Regards
Bruce Potter

bandppotter@bigpond.com

Potter, B., 2007 (Aug 11) Doriopsilla carneola ? from Western Australia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20154

Dear Bruce,

It could be D. carneola or Doriopsilla aurea but both of those usually have some white marks or spots, and the mantle is usually thicker and stiffer than you animal appears to be, and I have never seen such a bright yellow form of Dendrodoris nigra. I'm afraid I admit defeat

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Aug 11). Comment on Doriopsilla carneola ? from Western Australia by Bruce Potter. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20154

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