Diaphorodoris papillata from Croatia

January 16, 2002
From: Mirta Moraitis


Dear Bill,
I found this nudibranch this summer in the island of Krk, Croatia,in the Mediterranean sea. According to the dimensions of a shell near it, it's about 1cm of length. I found it at 9meters of depth, at 20.5°C.
I would like assistance in identifying it please. I think it is a Diaphorodoris papillata but I'm not sure.
Thanks,
Mirta

dipingu@libero.it

Moraitis, M., 2002 (Jan 16) Diaphorodoris papillata from Croatia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5983

Dear Mirta,
Thanks for the photos. Yes I think you are correct with your identification but would value some comments from colleagues more familiar with the Mediterranean fauna. One thing that does puzzle me is the length of the rhinophores, which seem proportionally much larger than in many illustrations I have seen, and certainly larger than in Alma Sánchez's photo. Is the relative size something to do with age? Is it like the situation in many chromodorids where the rhinophores of juveniles are proportionally much larger than in adults?
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (Jan 16). Comment on Diaphorodoris papillata from Croatia by Mirta Moraitis. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5983

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