Dendrodoris carbunculosa from Kona , Hawaii

June 6, 2003
From: Richard Lundholm


Dear Bill
The attached Nudibranch was found by my dive buddy, Sharon Williams, Sunday 18 May 2003 in 45ft of water off the Kona coast of Hawaii. We cannot find it in any of our Nudibranch books and seek your help in identifing it. Tina Owens gave me your web address, she is our Kona Underwater Photographic Society President.

Richard Lundholm

dicklundholm@hawaii.rr.com

Lundholm, R., 2003 (Jun 6) Dendrodoris carbunculosa from Kona , Hawaii. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10009

Dear Richard,
This is a nice find. It is a colourful variant of Dendrodoris carbunculosa. You don't say how big the animal was, but this is one species which grows very large. If you scroll down the page and look at other messages on this species you will see we have records of it growing to at least 40cm long.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (Jun 6). Comment on Dendrodoris carbunculosa from Kona , Hawaii by Richard Lundholm. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10009

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