Dermatobranchus albus
(Eliot, 1904)

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: ARMININA
Family: Arminidae

DISTRIBUTION

Indo-West Pacific.

PHOTO

Pulau Hoga,Tukang Besi Archipelago, SE Sulawesi, Indonesia, approx 15m, November 1999. Upper: 15mm long. Lower: showing details of head (note eyes at base of rhinophores), and distinctly raised ridges. 12mm long specimen. Photos: Lindsay Warren.

Body with white ridges usually bearing a median yellow line. Between the ridges, the 'valleys' are a darker translucent grey or yellow. See Lindsay Warren's message below for a full discussion of colour variation and earlier descriptions.

References:
• Eliot, C.N.E., (1904). On some Nudibranchs from East Africa and Zanzibar. Part V. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 2(1): 83-105.
• Edmunds, M. & Thompson, T.E., (1972). Opisthobranchiate mollusca from Tanzania IV. Pleurobranchomorpha, Dendronotoidea and Arminoidea. Proceedings of the Malacological Society of London, 40(3): 219-234, fig. 4.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2001 (June 8) Dermatobranchus albus (Eliot, 1904). [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/dermalbu

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