Hopkinsia rosacea

May 3, 2000
From: Juniscilla

I was wondering if anyone could give me any information on the sea slug known as the Hopkins Rose
thanx - love u all,
juni

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Juniscilla, 2000 (May 3) Hopkinsia rosacea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2330

Dear Juni,
I haven't a photo of this beautiful nudibranch from the west coast of North America but all the books I know of on West Coast nudibranchs have a photo of it. If anyone has a photo of this animal for the Forum, it would be very welcome.

Have a look at the photo of a somewhat similar looking species here on the Forum from eastern Australia.

Hopkinsia rosacea is a bright pink nudibranch which lives and feeds on a similar coloured species of bryozoan, Eurystomella. It grows to about 20mm and has been found from Oregon to Baja California.

If you go to Erwin Koehler's Opisthobranchs of the World - which is a comprehensive list of links to opisthobranch photographs on the web, you will find a number of links to photos of Hopkinsia rosacea.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2000 (May 3). Comment on Hopkinsia rosacea by Juniscilla. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2330

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