Juvenile Fryeria rueppelii from West Australia
February 11, 2006
From: Kristin Anderson
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This is the only one of these I have seen - distinguished by his light blue/white-ish rhinophores. He was very small and in a space where this was the only real viable angle.
Locality: Exmouth; Ningaloo Reef, Exmouth Gulf, Western Australia. Depth: 8 m. Length: under 1cm. 28 January 2006. tidal, silty bottom, limestone & hard coral outcrops. Photographer: Kristin Anderson
Any ideas?
Kristin Anderson
kristin@OceansByAnderson.com
Anderson, K.J., 2006 (Feb 11) Juvenile Fryeria rueppelii from West Australia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/15708Dear Kristin,
I think this one just decide to pop out and trick us. I am pretty sure it is an uncoloured juvenile of Fryeria rueppelii, which is the Red Sea species you just sent a message about [#15700]. I can'y say I have much proof to back my identification because we know very little about juvenile colour patterns in phyllidiids, but if you compare the shape of the tubercles and arrangement of the black network pattern they match very well. And I don't know of any of the bluish-grey species which have this colour pattern as adults.
I suspect this is further proof that Fryeria rueppelii is alive and well in Western Australia.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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