Elysia leucolegnote from Hong Kong

July 3, 2003
From: Ken Ching

Dear Bill,
Hi, I am a diver in Hong Kong and I have found this sea slug on a wetland in HK. The information is as followed:

Location: Lantau Island in Hong Kong. Depth: 20cm. Length: about 4cm. We discovered more than 2000 at the same place

Dr. Andrew S. Cornish of HK University and Leslie Chan have helped me ID it as a species of Elysia and they both asked by to send you pic to confirm it. Thanks for your help.

Ken Ching

kenching1972@yahoo.com.hk

Ching, K., 2003 (Jul 3) Elysia leucolegnote from Hong Kong. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10160

Dear Ken,
This is obviously quite common at times in Hong Kong. It has very distinctive white markings and long rhinophores [head tentacles]. Kathe Jensen has identified it for me as Elysia leucolegnote, a species she described from Hong Kong in 1990.

I have used one of your excellent photos in a separate message outlining some of the anatomical features you can see externally.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (Jul 3). Comment on Elysia leucolegnote from Hong Kong by Ken Ching. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10160

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