Hypselodoris krakatoa from Papua New Guinea

August 17, 2000
From: Mary Jane Adams

Hi Bill,

This is one of a pair of slugs I found crawling over a silty sand slope in November, 1996. It has since been named Hypselodoris krakatoa for it's volcano shaped gills (Gosliner & Johnson, 1999). It was ID'ed for me by Dave Behrens.

Divesite: Kathy's Corner, Milne Bay, Papua New Guinea.
Crawling length: 45 mm
Depth: 4 meters

There is some information about this species on the Slugsite: http://siolibrary.ucsd.edu/slugsite/nudwk213.htm.

Best regards,
Mary Jane

mjadams@earthlink.net

Adams, M.J., 2000 (Aug 17) Hypselodoris krakatoa from Papua New Guinea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2862

Thanks Mary Jane,
Its nice to have a lateral view to complement the dorsal photo in Gosliner & Johnson's article. Your photo certainly shows the volcano-like gill pocket.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

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