Huge range extension from Dendrodoris rainfordi

November 23, 2007
From: Sabine Rock

We found this quite solid and speedy nudibranch on a muck dive of Pulau Redang, Malaysia. The art work of each individual little 'treasure map' on its back is wonderful and fascinating. Could you provide us with a name?

Locality: Pulau Redang, 18 meters, Malaysia, South China Sea, 19 October 2007, muck. Length: 12 cm. Photographer: Sabine Rock.

Many thanks and
Best wishes
Sabine

sabine@streamyx.com

Rock, S., 2007 (Nov 23) Huge range extension from Dendrodoris rainfordi. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21131

Dear Sabine,

This is Dendrodoris rainfordi which was described from coastal Queensland, Australia in 1932 and not reported again until 70 years later with two photos being posted on the Forum - also from Queensland. So your animal is a very interesting record extending the known geographic range of the species from Queensland to Malaysia.

Your find makes me wonder if it is known in the NW Pacific perhaps under a different name, but I can't recall one.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Nov 23). Comment on Huge range extension from Dendrodoris rainfordi by Sabine Rock. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21131

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