Dendrodoris from Sebastian Inlet, Florida?

September 19, 2007
From: Matthew Scripter


This black nudibranch was discovered intertidally under a rock in Sebastian Inlet, Florida while I was conducting a university marine biology laboratory.

It appears to be Dendrodoris nigra, but I was surprised to find it in this region as it was not reported by the Fort Pierce office of the Smithsonian. Can this identity be confirmed?

Locality: Sebastian Inlet, 0.1 m, Florida, USA, Atlantic Ocean, 14 September 2007, intertidal rocks. Length: 2.5 cm. Photographer: Matthew J. Scripter.

Matthew J. Scripter.

mscripte@fit.edu

Scripter, M.J., 2007 (Sep 19) Dendrodoris from Sebastian Inlet, Florida?. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20743

Dear Matt,

So far Dendrodoris nigra has not been reported from the Atlantic, and its gills are much more numerous and compact than in your animal. Your animal is  Dendrodoris krebsii. It is extremely variable in colour but Angel Valdes [see message #5289] could find no anatomical differences in differently coloured animals he has studied from Brazil to the Caribbean

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Sep 19). Comment on Dendrodoris from Sebastian Inlet, Florida? by Matthew Scripter. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20743

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