ID of the biggest nudibranch I ever found!

November 3, 2005
From: Emmanuel Tardy

Hi,
participating to the invert mission for procfish (SPC) in Wallis, we found an enormous Dorid crawling by night in a big coral patch. I don't know what it is. Please, would any body help me to ID it?

Locality: Wallis Is, Wallis & Futuna Ids, Pacific Ocean. Depth: 2,5 mètres. Length: around 300 mm. 28 octobre 2005. intermediary reef in the lagoon, coral head. Photographer: Kim Friedman

Emmanuel Tardy

emmanuel_tardy@hotmail.com

Tardy, E., 2005 (Nov 3) ID of the biggest nudibranch I ever found!. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/15165

Dear Manu,
This is Dendrodoris carbunculosa. It was one of the largest reported nudibranchs. The largest we have on the Forum is one from Guam [message #1647] at 410 mm.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2005 (Nov 3). Comment on ID of the biggest nudibranch I ever found! by Emmanuel Tardy. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/15165

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Dendrodoris carbunculosa

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