Fryeria menindie from Japan

May 17, 2002
From: Shouichi Kato


Dear Bill,
Thank you for your reply about Fryeria and Phyllidia. As you mentioned in your message, I wonder whether there is Fryeria menindie which has a black line on the foot. We continued to search and watch this species, but all of Fryeria menindie we found didn't have a line as attached pictures. So I think the animal, which I sent you pictures before, is not Fryeria menindie but another unknown species. Of course, we need to watch more. Please let us know your opinion.

Best regard,
Shouichi Kato

regulus@edit.ne.jp

Kato, S., 2002 (May 17) Fryeria menindie from Japan. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/6959

NOTE added 14 July 2006: Fryeria menindie (Brunckhorst, 1993) was shown by Yonow, 1996 to be a junior synonym of Fryeria picta Pruvot-Fol. Animals previously identified as F. menindie on the Forum have been moved to Fryeria picta.

Dear Shouichi,
This animal is clearly Fryeria menindie. As I said earlier, your animal with a black stripe on its sole is either a new species of Fryeria or perhaps a species of Phyllidia with an aberrant anus. Or perhaps its evidence favouring the suggestion that the distinction between the genera Phyllidia and Fryeria is not sustainable.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (May 17). Comment on Fryeria menindie from Japan by Shouichi Kato. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/6959

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