Cuthona? from Sth Africa
December 13, 1999
From: Valda Fraser
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Dear Bill,
Here is a red/yellow aeolid. Any ideas?
Locality: South Coast of Kwa Zulu Natal, South Africa, near Port Shepstone. Rocky reef
Depth: 20-25m. October 1999. Size: 25mm.
Valda Fraser.
iti04937@mweb.co.za
Fraser, V., 1999 (Dec 13) Cuthona? from Sth Africa. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1529Dear Valda,
There are a number of 'unknown' red or purple aeolids with yellow bands on the cerata. At least one is a Flabellina and another a Cuthona. I think this is a cuthonid but without looking at its anatomy, I say that with some hesitation.
It looks quite like Gosliner's Cuthona sp. 3 (1987: p.118, and is probably the same as Cuthona sp. 4. which I illustrate above from Darwin, Australia.
Bill Rudman.
Rudman, W.B., 1999 (Dec 13). Comment on Cuthona? from Sth Africa by Valda Fraser. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1529Related messages
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