Glossodoris sibogae from Tahiti

November 8, 2005
From: Yves Esvan

I saw this nudibranch on the reef in Tahiti. I thing it is a chromodorid, but I don't know exactly whicj one.

Locality: Arue reef, Tahiti, French Polynesia. Pacific. Depth: 5 m. Length: 3 cm. 21 October 2005. reef. Photographer: Yves Esvan

Yves Esvan

yvesesvan@mail.pf

Esvan, Y., 2005 (Nov 8) Glossodoris sibogae from Tahiti. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/15196

Dear Yves,
This is most probably a species which I have identified as Glossodoris sibogae, but it is very similar to G. atromarginata so the only sure way to identify it is to look at its radular teeth! However from the general shape of the body, the bright yellowish background colour, and the broad white mantle border are all good signs that it is G. sibogae. It seems quite common in French Polynesiaa swe already have a record on the Forum from there, and Pruvot-Fol described it from the Tuamotu Archipelago as G. undulata.

  • Rudman, W.B. (1986)  The Chromodorididae (Opisthobranchia: Mollusca) of the Indo-West Pacific: The genus Glossodoris Ehrenberg (= Casella, H. & A. Adams). Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society, 86(2): 101-184

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2005 (Nov 8). Comment on Glossodoris sibogae from Tahiti by Yves Esvan. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/15196

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