Doriopsilla albopunctata? from California

August 8, 2001
From: Ken Tucker

Dear Bill,

Didn't see one of these on your site.
Think I have identified it correctly.

This was taken in 1995, in the Channel Islands, California, USA. I didn't log much info in those days, so that's all the info I have.

Ken Tucker

Ken@kilili.com

Tucker, K., 2001 (Aug 8) Doriopsilla albopunctata? from California. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4873

Dear Ken,
Yes you have correctly identified it. Being cautious I checked with Dave Behrens who drew my attention to the Gosliner et al paper I cite below. By chance I have also just received some photos of this animal from Bruce Wight which I am also posting.

• Gosliner, T. M., Maria C. Schaefer, & Sandra V. Millen. (1999) A new species of
Doriopsilla (Nudibranchia: Dendrodorididae) from the Pacific Coast of North America, including a comparison with Doriopsilla albopunctata (Cooper, 1863). The Veliger, 42(3): 201-210.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Aug 8). Comment on Doriopsilla albopunctata? from California by Ken Tucker. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4873

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