Dermatobranchus gonatophora from Japan

April 28, 2003
From: Yoshinori Fukuyo

Dear Bill,
This Dermatobranchus gonatophora was seen at Osezaki, Izu Peninsula, Japan at a depth of 14 meters.

It is quite uncommon at Osezaki. It was approx 30 mm. long I photographed it on 1 February, 2003.

Yoshinori Fukuyo

fox@vcs.wbs.ne.jp

Fukuyo, Y., 2003 (Apr 28) Dermatobranchus gonatophora from Japan. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/9740

Thanks Yoshinori,
It's nice to get a photograph from Japan. It certainly has similarities to D. nigropunctata Baba, 1949, which was desribed from Japan, but in that species there are black spots along the ridges, and the rhinophore clubs are orange not black.
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (Apr 28). Comment on Dermatobranchus gonatophora from Japan by Yoshinori Fukuyo. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/9740

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