Kaloplocamus acutus from Hong Kong

July 11, 2001
From: Leslie Chan


Dear Bill,

Could you identify this nudibranch which I photographed in Hong Kong.
Details: 10m, Tsim Chau, Hong Kong. 3 September 2000.

Thanks
Leslie Chan

leslie@lesmart.com

Chan, L., 2001 (Jul 11) Kaloplocamus acutus from Hong Kong. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4759

Dear Leslie,
This is Kaloplocamus acutus, which ranges in colour from yellow to almost bright orange red. Previously known only from Japan it has now been found in Hong Kong, and eastern Australia and New Caledonia.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Jul 11). Comment on Kaloplocamus acutus from Hong Kong by Leslie Chan. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4759

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