Plocamopherus ocellatus from Israel
October 21, 2003
From: Michael Levin
Hi Bill,
I photographed these nudibranchs - Plocamopherus ocellatus at the depth 27 meter as there were crawling on the ship wreck called Ze'ev Hayam in the Mediterranean Sea in front of the city Jaffa (south of Tel-Aviv, Israel).
There were many of them (I saw at least six of them), size about 5-6 cm each.
Best Regards,
Michael Levin
www.pbase.com/manta_ray/nudibranch
michael@scubadiving.com
Levin, M., 2003 (Oct 21) Plocamopherus ocellatus from Israel. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/11278Thanks Michael,
This is a nice find. There are very few records of this very distinctive species since its first description almost 200 years ago from the Red Sea [Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828]. The 3 or 4 subsequent finds have all been in the Mediterranean where it has apparently migrated since the opening of the Suez Canal
Best wishes
Bill Rudman
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