Gastropteron rubrum vs G. chacmol

January 20, 2004
From: Terry Gosliner

Dear Bill,
Anne DuPont's animal from the Bahamas is Gastropteron chacmol Gosliner, 1989. G. rubrum is a much larger animal and has major internal anatomical differences such as radula and penis. G. rubrum appears to be exclusively east Atlantic while G. chacmol is Caribbean.
Terry

tgosliner@CalAcademy.Org

Gosliner, T.M., 2004 (Jan 20) Gastropteron rubrum vs G. chacmol. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/11963

Thanks Terry,
I don't know how I forgot G. chacmol, especially since I have been referring to your 1989 paper concerning Siphopteron quadrispinosum. I am pleased to see that errors don't last long on the Forum.

Best wishes
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2004 (Jan 20). Comment on Gastropteron rubrum vs G. chacmol by Terry Gosliner. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/11963

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