Dondice occidentalis? from Jamaica

October 20, 2003
From: Ross W. Gundersen

Dear Bill:
Here is another sea slug from Jamaica. As I said in my first message, all specimens were collected from St. Ann's Bay, Jamaica, West Indies. Most specimens were collected using a light weight dredge and photographed by R. Gundersen.

I think it is Phidiana lynceus. Dredged at 5 m depth in Thallassia.

Best wishes,
Ross

ross.gundersen@uwp.edu

Gundersen, R.W., 2003 (Oct 20) Dondice occidentalis? from Jamaica. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/11257

Dear Ross,
It is difficult to be sure from a small photo and from its proportions, probably a juvenile animal but I think this is probably Dondice occidentalis. The orange lines on the head are characteristic and their are signs of some ridges on the rhinophores.
Best wishes
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (Oct 20). Comment on Dondice occidentalis? from Jamaica by Ross W. Gundersen. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/11257

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