Pleurobranchus mamillatus from Indonesia

April 8, 2006
From: Hendra Tan

Dear, Bill

Can U please let me know what the name of this Pleurobranchus is??? I have seen the photo in SEA SLUGS of Western Australia. But I still feel confused about the blue ring colour. While in the book doesn't have it.
Thanks

Locality: Bali, 12 - 15 mtrs, Indonesia, Ocean, 29 October 2005. Length: 5 cm - 7 cm. Photographer: Hendra Tan.

Hendra Tan

hendradive@bdg.centrin.net.id

Tan, H., 2006 (Apr 8) Pleurobranchus mamillatus from Indonesia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16243

Dear Hendra,
This is Pleurobranchus mamillatus . There is another a species, Pleurobranchus forskalii, which also has large rings on its back but if present they are white not coloured. Also in this species the rings encircle a large tubercle, which although not obvious in your specimen, make it quite different from P. forskalii

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Apr 8). Comment on Pleurobranchus mamillatus from Indonesia by Hendra Tan. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16243

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