Platydoris sabulosa from Queensland

June 21, 2007
From: Gary Cobb

Hi Bill
Thought you might be interested in a critter I found Saturday [2 June 2007] on the Sunshine Coast, Australia, at a dive site called Old Woman Island near Mooloolaba in 14 m of water from under a rock. It was 140 mm long.

Richard Willan identified it for me as Platydoris sabulosa.   It will be preserved for the Museum of Darwin's wet collection. I knew nothing of it until now. I think this is a great find!

Cheers
Gary Cobb

gary@nudibranch.com.au

Cobb, G., 2007 (Jun 21) Platydoris sabulosa from Queensland. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20023

Dear Gary,

Yes this is an interesting find. Terry Gosliner has confirmed the identification and so it certainly helps clarify the external features of this species for me. I had wondered before if this species was Platydoris noumeae Risbec, 1928 but Dorgan, Valdes & Gosliner (2002) looked at the holotype of that species and considered it to be a synonym of P. scabra - which certainly fits Risbec's specific description of yellow rhinophores. It's good to add another species to the Forum

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Jun 21). Comment on Platydoris sabulosa from Queensland by Gary Cobb. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20023

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Platydoris sabulosa