Possible Eubranchus from False Bay

May 25, 2007
From: Georgina Jones


Dear Bill,
I found this small nudibranch the other day -- the photographs aren't fantastic, but I think it is a species of Eubranchus which doesn't appear in Gosliner's reference book. What do you think?
I have included a picture of the egg ribbon which were next to the nudis -- they weren't actually laying them, but I thought the proximity suggestive.

Locality: Cape Town, 13 m, South Africa, False Bay, 25 April 2007, rocky reef with heavy sponge encrustation. Length: 15 mm. Photographer: Georgina Jones.

Best wishes
Georgina Jones

gjones@icon.co.za

Jones, G.J., 2007 (May 25) Possible Eubranchus from False Bay. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19936

Dear Georgina,
It certainly looks like it could be a species of Eubranchus but I don't recognise the species. I've included the egg ribbon - but as you imply it may be nothing to do with the aeolid

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (May 25). Comment on Possible Eubranchus from False Bay by Georgina Jones. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19936

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