Aegires villosus from Tonga

April 5, 2007
From: Lindsay Warren

Dear Bill

Just thought you might like to have these shots for a locality record of Aegires villosus from Tonga. Kevin Reed found it while we were rock-pooling in the intertidal zone near Toula village in Vava'u. It was moving in very shallow water along the edge of a fast flowing stream leading from a small lagoon surrounded by mangrove trees. The substrate was a mix of silt covered calcareous algae, bryozoans, etc.

Locality: Toula, Vava'u, 4 cm, Kingdom of Tonga, Tropical Western Pacific, 13 July 2006, 14:05, Intertidal reef crest in fast flowing outflow stream from mangrove lagoon. Reef crest then gives way to sheer wall dropping to approx. 25 m.. Length: 7 mm. Photographer: Lindsay Warren.

All the best
Lindsay

lwarren@datonomy.co.uk

Warren, L.C.R., 2007 (Apr 5) Aegires villosus from Tonga. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19268

Thanks Lindsay,

It is nice to get records from the eastern most islands of the western Pacific

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Apr 5). Comment on Aegires villosus from Tonga by Lindsay Warren. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19268

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