Nudibranchs - Sunshine Coast etc. / 5715
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1/10/03
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5715

Glossodoris aff. averni  Rudman, 1985
Location: Old Woman Island, Sunshine Coast, Mooloolaba, Queensland Australia
Size: 85 mm
Depth: 16 m
Temperature: 21 C		 ORDER: NUDIBRANCHIA
FAMILY: Chromodorididae
white brown
Photograph by Gary Cobb and David Mullins - Copyright 2003-2012











This species can be vivid orange or chocolate brown on it's mantle margin..
The main difference between this species and G. averni is that the edge of the foot is
white as in G. aff. averni and orange in G. averni. See below.







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