Re: Stripy dorid from South Africa

January 6, 2004
From: Riaan Marx

Hi Bill and Valda,
I am by no means an expert in identifying these critters but doesn't this "cute fatty" look much like Phyllidia zebrina?

Regards
Riaan Marx.

rmarx@ms.cs.co.za

Marx, R., 2004 (Jan 6) Re: Stripy dorid from South Africa. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/11778

Dear Riaan,
It certainly looks like Phyllidia zebrina but Valda's animals seems to have a circle of gills on the back which cancels out the phyllidiids as a possibility.
Thanks for checking out the 'unidentified'
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2004 (Jan 6). Comment on Re: Stripy dorid from South Africa by Riaan Marx. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/11778

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