Pleurobranchus? from Colombia

September 16, 2001
From: Elianny Dominguez Tejo


Dear Bill,
I guess this is some kind of pleurobranch. You can see the rhinophores up close in the second picture. And also, the dark spot on the dorsal is actually green (dark green).

It is about 1.5 cm long and we found it under a rock, at 10 cm of depth, on the Caribbean coast of Colombia [Santa Marta].

Kind regards,
Elianny Dominguez

elicelotte@latinmail.com

Dominguez Tejo, E., 2001 (Sep 16) Pleurobranchus? from Colombia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5265

Dear Elianny,
I am pretty sure this is a juvenile of Pleurobranchus areolatus. Quite a few species of Pleurobranchus have a quite different appearance as juveniles and I suspect this is the case here.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Sep 16). Comment on Pleurobranchus? from Colombia by Elianny Dominguez Tejo. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5265

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