Albino Glossodoris cruenta? from sthn Queensland

June 1, 2010
From: Ian Banks

Hi Bill,
Here is a Glossodoris sp. at Shellacey Reef, Gneering Shoals near Mooloolaba Sunshine coas 22-May-2010. In about 15 metres depth, 5 cm in length. Seems to be a new species. Recorded on video, still images are off the video. video clip is on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x62g9AX9Jx0

Locality: Shellacey Reef, Gneering Shoals near Mooloolaba, Sunshine Coast, 15 metres, Queensland Australia, Pacific Ocean, 22 May 2010, Reef. Length: 5 cm. Photographer: Ian Banks.

Ian Banks

ianbanks@bigpond.com

Banks, I.W., 2010 (Jun 1) Albino Glossodoris cruenta? from sthn Queensland. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/23683

Dear Ian
Thanks for the photo. Although its always possible that this is a new species,  my guess is that it's a strange colour form of Glossodoris cruenta. In the similar G. rubroannulata the yellow in the centre of the mantle is sometimes missing so its possible the same could happen in G. cruenta.

Your animal has the white border right at the mantle edge, as in G. cruenta, and also has the broad opaque white outer edge to the gills, which are both characters which separate G. cruenta from G. rubroannulata. I know that your animals doesn't have the spectacular red spots or the yellow on the inner mantle but funny things seem to happen in the southeastern Queensland - nthn New South Wales region. For example I suspect Chromodoris buchananae is a strange colour form of C. kuiteri.

It is certainly an interesting find. Let's hope you can find some more specimens

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2010 (Jun 1). Comment on Albino Glossodoris cruenta? from sthn Queensland by Ian Banks. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/23683

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