Polycera hedgpethi from Western Australia
April 1, 2008
From: Brent Murdoch
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Hi Bill,
I have found a pocket of these, must be the right time of year. In your Forum they are listed as rare and that you could not get any specimens when you went back to have a second look. Do you still want some specimens?
Locality: Swan River, Fremantle, 5 m, Western Asutralia, Indian, 19 October 2007, Sandy bottom. Length: 7 mm. Photographer: Brent Murdoch.
Regards
Brent
brent@murdoch.id.au
Murdoch, B.D., 2008 (Apr 1) Polycera hedgpethi from Western Australia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21003Thanks Brent,
Its not so much that these animals are 'rare' but that they are unpredictable. Their presence is totally dependent on the presence of their food bryozoans. Thanks for the offer of specimens but I have no direct research interest at the moment, butyou may be contacted someone studying the population genetics and distribution of these 'hitchhikers' for an animal for DNA studies.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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