Ceratosoma brevicaudatum from Port Philip Bay

March 25, 2006
From: Bill van Eijk

I have used the images on your website to ID the slug as Ceratosoma brevicaudatum. You may wish to double check, however. I saw 2 specimens one at about 4 metres deep and one closer to the coast at about 2 metres.

Locality: Ricketts Point, 2 - 4 metres, Vic, Australia, Port Phillip Bay, 12/03/06, Marine reserve, rocky. Length: 8 cm. Photographer: Bill van Eijk.

Bill van Eijk

vaneyk@vegas.com.au

van Eijk, W., 2006 (Mar 25) Ceratosoma brevicaudatum from Port Philip Bay. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16108

Dear Bill,
Yes this is C. brevicaudatum. As I have mentioned before, the name means 'short tail' which is very obvious in your photo. Compare it with the long recurved dorsal 'horns' in C. trilobatum.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Mar 25). Comment on Ceratosoma brevicaudatum from Port Philip Bay by Bill van Eijk. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16108

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