Re: Mystery slug from Malaysia

May 11, 2005
From: Roberto Sozzani

Dear Bill,
If I can add something more to the mystery [message #13735 ], here is a very similar specimen, from Indonesia.

Locality:  Secret Bay, Bali. Indonesia. Depth: 5 metres. Length: 100-120 mm. March 2003. muddy and dark sand. Photographer: Roberto Sozzani

Roberto

roberto.sozzani@fastwebnet.it

Sozzani, R., 2005 (May 11) Re: Mystery slug from Malaysia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/13744

Dear Roberto,
Thanks for this. I am pretty sure your animal is Pleurobranchus peroni. As I said earlier it is very similar colour form to P. forskalii, but doesn't appear to grow as large. In your photo you can see the scattered, slightly larger  papillae, appearing almost as a darker brown ring, which are characteristic of P. peroni. At 10 - 12 cm, it is a large specimen of the species.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2005 (May 11). Comment on Re: Mystery slug from Malaysia by Roberto Sozzani. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/13744

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