Pleurobranchaea brockii from Hong Kong

February 3, 2005
From: Jasmine Ng

Dear Bill
I came across this species from my trawling sample in western Hong Kong

Date: 30 Dec 2003
Location: off Lantau Island, Hong Kong
Depth: < 10 m
Bottom: Rocky

The pictures showed just a small individual I've got (~ 6 cm in length; the largest ones I've got are about ~ 12 cm in length) and an egg mass from the species. Could you help with the identification of the species?
Thanks!

Regards
Jasmine

jasmine_susan@yahoo.com

Ng, J., 2005 (Feb 3) Pleurobranchaea brockii from Hong Kong . [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/11907

Dear Jasmine,
This is Pleurobranchaea brockii. Kathe Jensen has published a paper on feeding in this species in Hong Kong [see message #4098]. It's nice to get your photo of the egg mass of this species.

  • Jensen, K.R. (1997) Cannibalism in an opisthobranch mollusc, Pleurobranchaea brockii Bergh, 1897 from Hong Kong waters. Phuket Marine Biological Center Special Publication, 17(1): 41-46.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2005 (Feb 3). Comment on Pleurobranchaea brockii from Hong Kong by Jasmine Ng . [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/11907

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Pleurobranchaea brockii

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