Hypselodoris saintvincentius mating.

July 18, 2005
From: Mick Tait

Photographed on the Bell Beach Wreck Trail - Rockingham. I occasionally happen across Hypselodoris infucata on the Wreck Trail dive site, not very common. First pair I've seen together and they were mating.

Locality:  Bell Beach, Rockingham, Cockburn Sound, Western Australia. Depth: 8 m. Length: 50 mm. 09 July 2005. Along guide ropes. Water Temp now 14-deg C in Cockburn Sound Photographer: Mick Tait

Mick Tait

mick@bluesphere.com.au

Tait, M, 2005 (Jul 18) Hypselodoris saintvincentius mating.. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/14263

Dear Mick,
This is not Hypselodoris infucata but a related species, Hypselodoris santvincentius, known only from South Australia and southwestern Western Australia. Its nice to get another record of it from Western Australia
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2005 (Jul 18). Comment on Hypselodoris saintvincentius mating. by Mick Tait. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/14263

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