Colpodaspis thompsoni from NE Sulawesi

August 12, 2001
From: Jim Anderson

Dear Dr. Rudman,
Can you help ID the enclosed animal? I am not sure it is a nudibranch or sea slug, it was so tiny. The dive guide found it for me, no doubt testing how small an animal I would try to photograph. How he spotted it I don't know, in a 2 knot current at 26 metres across a coral rubbly sand bottom at Mary's Point, Banka Island, NE Sulawesi on 25 June 01. From the slide at 1:1 it measures 2 mm at its widest dimension.
Regards,
Jim A

jander4454@aol.com

Anderson, J., 2001 (Aug 12) Colpodaspis thompsoni from NE Sulawesi. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5007

Dear Jim,
This is Colpodaspis thompsoni. I'm afraid it doesn't grow very big at all.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Aug 12). Comment on Colpodaspis thompsoni from NE Sulawesi by Jim Anderson. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5007

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