Gary Cobb We had a surgy couple of dives at Flinders Reef Moreton Island yesterday and found 26 species. Here is David Mullins, me and Jo posing at the surface interval in our new H1 Hybrid Waterproof drysuits, very warm aboard Mischief.
Gary Cobb Here the list of species we found:
Berthellina citrinaChromodoris aspersa
Chromodoris elisabethina
Chromodoris lochi
Cratena lineata
Cratena simba
Chromodoris burni
Costasiella kuroshimae
Doriprismatica atromarginata
Elysia sp. 1
Goniobranchus collingwoodi
Goniobranchus cf. verrieri
Goniodoridella sp. 2
Hypselodoris whitei
Plocamopherus imperialis
Phyllidiopsis burni
Phyllidiella pustulosa
Phyllidiella lizae
Risbecia godeffroyana
Roboastra gracilis
Thuridilla livida
Thuridilla neona
Thuridilla carlsoni
Thuridilla gracilis
Thuridilla splendens
Trinchesia sp. 8
Patrik Good Congrats, good work. The variety of Thuridilla is exciting. With a few of the species I was not sure if they have just changed their names or if I just haven't come across them yet (eg. had to look Dori-S-prismatica atromarginata up).
Gary Cobb Sorry these suits are D1 species not H1!
Gary Cobb Patrik where did you find the spelling with an 's'? I had a re-look at the paper and it is spelled Doriprismatica, -> no 's'. Thanks! Yes we find quite a few Thuridilla at Flinders Reef.
Jim Anderson Your new suits are the business - I've been diving in one for 10 months, even down to 6 deg C. Not a problem your likely to have.
Gary Cobb Patrik the spelling of Doriprismatica is correct according to the paper.
Gary Cobb Hey Jim so you have a Di Hybrid?? Nice work. I love the suit!
Patrik Good Sorry Gary Cobb. Here the link I got it from: http://clade.ansp.org/obis/search.php/3587
Gary Cobb Patrik I think this site is old. It is saying Dorisprismatica is a synonym.
Gary Cobb I have written to Richard to get verification.
Ashley Missen Is there an email version coming out
Jim Anderson On 22 May, the following paper was published:
Yonow, N. Opisthobranchs from the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of two new species and ten new records (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Zookeys 197: 1â€"129.
The new species are Cyerce borbonica (Polybranchiidae) and Doriopsilla nigrocera (Dendrodorididae).
There are several important name changes in this publication and they should be adopted henceforth as they are proposed formally with adequate justification:
Philinopsis cyanea (Martens) becomes a junior synonym of Philinopsis speciosa Pilsbry, 1860;
Dolabella gigas (Rang) becomes a junior synonym of Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786);
Stylocheilus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) becomes, once more, a junior synonym of Stylocheilus longicauda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824);;
Thuridilla bayeri Er. Marcus, 1965 and Thuridilla ratna Er. Marcus, 1965 both become junior synonyms of Thuridilla gracilis (Risbec, 1928);
The correct original spelling of the species name for Thuridilla vatae is vataae, so it now becomes Thuridilla vataae (Risbec, 1928);
Chromodoris cavae Eliot, 1904 is removed from synonymy under C. tennentana (Kelaart, 1859).
Twenty species of Chromodorididae are included in this work under established genera. Since Yonow did not review genera in this work (except that for bullockii), my recommendation is that the changes in generic names suggested by R. Johnson & Gosliner (2012) for the chromodorids covered by Yonow be adopted even though Johnson & Gosliner predate Yonow’s by one month.
Jim Anderson The above courtesy of Dr. Richard Willan
Blogie Robillo Having a hard time determining its species: is it Thuridilla splendens or Thuridilla gracilis? Length abt 3cm; depth 23m @ San Juan Reef
Gary Cobb This is a colour form of Thuridilla gracilis. The Forum has photos of this colour form. T. gracilis usually has lines on the sides of the body where as T. splendens has spots and sometimes those spots inter twine with a reticulate pattern with larger blue spots. These guide lines are a general way to guess the difference between the two species. Having a look inside will determine species. How this helps! :)
Blogie Robillo Thanks for the helpful info, Gary, as always! :)
Gary Cobb You're very welcome Blogie! Nice hunting.
Jim Anderson On 22 May, the following paper was published:
Yonow, N. Opisthobranchs from the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of two new species and ten new records (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Zookeys 197: 1â€"129.
The new species are Cyerce borbonica (Polybranchiidae) and Doriopsilla nigrocera (Dendrodorididae).
There are several important name changes in this publication and they should be adopted henceforth as they are proposed formally with adequate justification:
Philinopsis cyanea (Martens) becomes a junior synonym of Philinopsis speciosa Pilsbry, 1860;
Dolabella gigas (Rang) becomes a junior synonym of Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786);
Stylocheilus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) becomes, once more, a junior synonym of Stylocheilus longicauda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824);;
Thuridilla bayeri Er. Marcus, 1965 and Thuridilla ratna Er. Marcus, 1965 both become junior synonyms of Thuridilla gracilis (Risbec, 1928);
The correct original spelling of the species name for Thuridilla vatae is vataae, so it now becomes Thuridilla vataae (Risbec, 1928);
Chromodoris cavae Eliot, 1904 is removed from synonymy under C. tennentana (Kelaart, 1859).
Twenty species of Chromodorididae are included in this work under established genera. Since Yonow did not review genera in this work (except that for bullockii), my recommendation is that the changes in generic names suggested by R. Johnson & Gosliner (2012) for the chromodorids covered by Yonow be adopted even though Johnson & Gosliner predate Yonow’s by one month.
Jim Anderson The above courtesy of Dr. Richard Willan
Deb Aston Jim can you explain in laymans terms why the name changes, is it lumpers and splitters at work or is dna the key? I am struggling to get a handle on this all.
Jim Anderson #Deb.
Aren't we all!
It seems to me to be all part of life's gay pageant (that's gay in the happy/gleeful sense) - science at work - changes happen.
Deb Aston Wish they would focus on naming the unnamed branchs for a while and not changing the ones we have already.
Jim Anderson On 22 May, the following paper was published:
Yonow, N. Opisthobranchs from the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of two new species and ten new records (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Zookeys 197: 1â€"129.
The new species are Cyerce borbonica (Polybranchiidae) and Doriopsilla nigrocera (Dendrodorididae).
There are several important name changes in this publication and they should be adopted henceforth as they are proposed formally with adequate justification:
Philinopsis cyanea (Martens) becomes a junior synonym of Philinopsis speciosa Pilsbry, 1860;
Dolabella gigas (Rang) becomes a junior synonym of Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786);
Stylocheilus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) becomes, once more, a junior synonym of Stylocheilus longicauda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824);;
Thuridilla bayeri Er. Marcus, 1965 and Thuridilla ratna Er. Marcus, 1965 both become junior synonyms of Thuridilla gracilis (Risbec, 1928);
The correct original spelling of the species name for Thuridilla vatae is vataae, so it now becomes Thuridilla vataae (Risbec, 1928);
Chromodoris cavae Eliot, 1904 is removed from synonymy under C. tennentana (Kelaart, 1859).
Twenty species of Chromodorididae are included in this work under established genera. Since Yonow did not review genera in this work (except that for bullockii), my recommendation is that the changes in generic names suggested by R. Johnson & Gosliner (2012) for the chromodorids covered by Yonow be adopted even though Johnson & Gosliner predate Yonow’s by one month.
Jim Anderson On 22 May, the following paper was published:
Yonow, N. Opisthobranchs from the western Indian Ocean, with descriptions of two new species and ten new records (Mollusca, Gastropoda). Zookeys 197: 1â€"129.
The new species are Cyerce borbonica (Polybranchiidae) and Doriopsilla nigrocera (Dendrodorididae).
There are several important name changes in this publication and they should be adopted henceforth as they are proposed formally with adequate justification:
Philinopsis cyanea (Martens) becomes a junior synonym of Philinopsis speciosa Pilsbry, 1860;
Dolabella gigas (Rang) becomes a junior synonym of Dolabella auricularia (Lightfoot, 1786);
Stylocheilus striatus (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) becomes, once more, a junior synonym of Stylocheilus longicauda (Quoy & Gaimard, 1824);;
Thuridilla bayeri Er. Marcus, 1965 and Thuridilla ratna Er. Marcus, 1965 both become junior synonyms of Thuridilla gracilis (Risbec, 1928);
The correct original spelling of the species name for Thuridilla vatae is vataae, so it now becomes Thuridilla vataae (Risbec, 1928);
Chromodoris cavae Eliot, 1904 is removed from synonymy under C. tennentana (Kelaart, 1859).
Twenty species of Chromodorididae are included in this work under established genera. Since Yonow did not review genera in this work (except that for bullockii), my recommendation is that the changes in generic names suggested by R. Johnson & Gosliner (2012) for the chromodorids covered by Yonow be adopted even though Johnson & Gosliner predate Yonow’s by one month.
Jim Anderson Courtesy Dr. Richard Willan.
Erwin Koehler online at
http://www.pensoft.net/journals/zookeys/issue/197/
Erwin Koehler please note the correct spelling is Cyerce bourbonica
Erwin Koehler Pictures of the new Cyerce bourbonica Yonow 2012 are online at the sea slug forum as Cyerce sp. 3
www.seaslugforum.net/find/cyersp3
and at
http://seaslugs.free.fr/nudibranche/a_cyerce_sp3.htm
or at
http://www.umiushi.info/kanri/photo_sql_eng.php?act=PSP&gakumei1=Cyerce&gakumei2=sp.+3&location_code=0000
Blogie Robillo Having a hard time determining its species: is it Thuridilla splendens or Thuridilla gracilis? Length abt 3cm; depth 23m @ San Juan Reef
Gary Cobb This is a colour form of Thuridilla gracilis. The Forum has photos of this colour form. T. gracilis usually has lines on the sides of the body where as T. splendens has spots and sometimes those spots inter twine with a reticulate pattern with larger blue spots. These guide lines are a general way to guess the difference between the two species. Having a look inside will determine species. How this helps! :)
Blogie Robillo Thanks for the helpful info, Gary, as always! :)
Gary Cobb You're very welcome Blogie! Nice hunting.
Timothy NguyenThuridilla splendens?
Flinders Reef, Moreton Island @13m, 30-40mm
https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10150596096851334&set=a.10150596089821334.377975.562001333&type=3&theater
Gary Cobb Can't see the photo!:(
Timothy Nguyen Changed the privacy setting on the album Gary Cobb, can you see it now?
Patrik Good Yep and yep from me.
Gary Cobb Yes I can see the most common Species of Sacoglossan here. Thuridilla splendida (Baba, 1949)
Patrik Good Even if you spot 50 of them on a dive, still check them out as one of them might turn out to be a Thuridilla gracilis which I would like to see again soon.
