Pleurobranchus forskalii 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.

Locality: Ti Key 2, Lembeh Strait, North Sulawesi, Indonesia, 08 October 2006, muckdiving. Photographer: Geert Prast.

Thanks,
Mirjam

mirjam.broos@planet.nl

Broos, M., 2007 (Feb 15) Pleurobranchus forskalii from Indonesia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19453

Dear Mirjam,
This is one of the colour forms of Pleurobranchus forskalii. The colour pattern ranges from very dark animals with white semi-circles like this to plain yellow-brown animals with dark brown rings.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Feb 15). Comment on Pleurobranchus forskalii from Indonesia by Mirjam Broos. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19453

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