Re: Ercolania coerulea from Hong Kong

April 12, 2005
From: Kathe R. Jensen

Dear Bill & Cynthia,
Concerning message #13385: Yes this is Ercolania coerulea. The species probably has a circumtropical distribution, so a record from Okinawa will be a further confirmation of this.

It is funny that you say your specimens from Dictyosphaeria were more bluish than those from Valonia. In Florida I found exactly the opposite. I guess pigments or precursors in the algae differ from species to species as well as locality to locality.

Best wishes,
Kathe

krjensen@zmuc.ku.dk

Jensen, K.R., 2005 (Apr 12) Re: Ercolania coerulea from Hong Kong. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/13438

Thanks Kathe,
Bill Rudman

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