Halgerda formosa from Reunion Is.

August 14, 2003
From: Yves Coze

Dear Bill,
Could you please help me identify this slug. Once again it was spotted in Reunion Island, to be more precise in St Paul : Cap La Houssaye.

I guess it looks like Halgerda toliara, but I would be glad if you could confirm it to me. One of these photograph was taken around 12 m deep on a rocky/algae area. It was translucent and moving rather "quickly".

The second one was in shallow waters, at 4 m depth settled in a coral/algae area. A dive buddy of mine says they're spotted rather often around there (not so much as phyllidiids though).

Thank's in advance
Yves

info@rando-reunion.Com

Coze, Y., 2003 (Aug 14) Halgerda formosa from Reunion Is.. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10638

Dear Yves,
This is useful addition to our knowledge of these animals. We are still sorting out just how many species of these yellow lined species there are in the Indian and Pacific Oceans, and the more photos we can get showing colour variation the better.

If you have alook at the other mesages on this page you will see that this matches the original description of Halgerda formosa from Mauritius very well. At present it is known only from the islands of the western Indian Ocean.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (Aug 14). Comment on Halgerda formosa from Reunion Is. by Yves Coze. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10638

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