Ceratosoma moloch from the Solomon Ids

January 2, 2001
From: Scott Johnson

Hi Bill,

I don't think Ceratosoma moloch has made it into the Forum yet. Here is a specimen I found in 1994 in the Solomon Islands. It was out crawling around at night off the tip of Pt Cruz at the edge of Honaira harbor on Guadalcanal, at a depth of about 10m.

Scott

johnson@kmr.ll.mit edu

Johnson, S., 2001 (Jan 2) Ceratosoma moloch from the Solomon Ids. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3432

Dear Scott,
Ceratosoma moloch hadn't made it but thanks to you it now has. Your photos shows how the tubercles thicken up and become quite rounded - a bit like encrusting coralline algae - when this species reaches about 120mm in length. In smaller (younger) animals, like in the photos at the top of the page, the tubercles are better described as flattened plates.
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Jan 2). Comment on Ceratosoma moloch from the Solomon Ids by Scott Johnson. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3432

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