Pleurobranchus grandis from Indonesia

February 15, 2007
From: Mirjam Broos

Dear Bill,

While diving in Sulawesi we found a few Pleurobranchus but I'm not sure what species they are. Can you help me with the ID please. I think this might be P. grandis

Locality: Nudi Falls, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, 08 october 2006, muckdiving. Photographer: Geert Prast.

Thanks,
Mirjam

mirjam.broos@planet.nl

Broos, M., 2007 (Feb 15) Pleurobranchus grandis from Indonesia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19436

Dear Mirjam,
Yes this is one of the colour forms of P. grandis. This colour form is usually found in smaller specimens so it may be a juvenile colour form. The close-up alongside shows the arrangement of small tubercles in a ring around a large central tubercle.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Feb 15). Comment on Pleurobranchus grandis from Indonesia by Mirjam Broos. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19436

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