Aphelodoris varia outside Sydney Harbour

March 17, 2000
From: Erik Schloegl

Dear Bill,

Thank you for your identification of Hoplodoris nodulosa. Given your remark about feeling guilty (though how you can feel guilty with such a comprehensive and rapidly expanding Web site is beyond me) of not yet including some of the common southeastern Australian nudibranchs, I thought the little guys needed an advocate on the Sea Slug Forum, so here's another very common one that I think is still missing: Aphelodoris varia, photographed on rocky reef at a depth of 20m at Colours Reef, just south of the entrance to Sydney Harbour, on February 7, 1998.

Best regards,
Erik

schloegl@maths.uts.edu.au

Schloegl, E., 2000 (Mar 17) Aphelodoris varia outside Sydney Harbour. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2099

Dear Erik,
Thanks for Aphelodoris varia, it certainly needs to be on the site. I have added a page showing some of the colour variability in this species. There are also names for a group of species found in southern Australia but I think more work needs to be done before they are sorted out satisfactorily.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2000 (Mar 17). Comment on Aphelodoris varia outside Sydney Harbour by Erik Schloegl. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2099

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