Dendrodoris tuberculosa from South Africa

June 1, 2001
From: Valda Fraser


Dear Bill
Sorry about the jig-saw, but what could I do? This one was too big for my framer. I was stunned by the beauty of it's underside. Just as well I decided to flip it over. It was hiding under a dead coral slab.
Locality: Park Rynie, south coast KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA, 28m
Date: Jan 2001
Size 110mm
Thanks.
Valda

valda fraser@mweb.co.za

Fraser, V., 2001 (Jun 1) Dendrodoris tuberculosa from South Africa. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3503

Dear Valda,
This is one of the big dull dorids which gives youa real surprise when you turn it over and see the characteristic white spots on the underside of the mantle. It is a species of Dendrodoris, Dendrodoris tuberculosa, which is found throughout the Indo-West Pacific. Your upper photo shows the compound tubercles very well.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Jun 1). Comment on Dendrodoris tuberculosa from South Africa by Valda Fraser. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3503

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