Dolabella auricularia from Mozambique

April 14, 2008
From: Valda Fraser

Dear Bill
I was fascinated by the Dolabella auricularia that graze in the estuary at Pomene where I love to spend some time.

Took so many pictures of them, but they looked just awful - blobs with little definition. Fortunately I found some small ones crawling about on sticks. These photos were much more successful. Thought I would share them with you.

Locality: Pomene, 2 m, Mozambique, Indian Ocean, 18 February 2008, Estuary. Length: 10 cm. Photographer: Valda Fraser.


Regards
Valda

valdafraser@mweb.co.za

Fraser, V.J., 2008 (Apr 14) Dolabella auricularia from Mozambique. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21503

Dear Valda,

I must say Sea Hares are not usually objects of great beauty, but certainly the juveniles are usually better looking than their parents.  Whenever I get a message about Dolabella from the western Indian Ocean I think of Dolabella gigas. As I said in a reply to an earlier message of yours [#4362], that species is an on-going puzzle. I suspect what we will need to do - or rather what someone in your part of the world will need to do - is to take the shell out of some likely suspects, because at present we have no real idea what the animal looks like alive.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2008 (Apr 14). Comment on Dolabella auricularia from Mozambique by Valda Fraser. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21503

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