Phyllidia mimic [2]

March 9, 2006
From: Kerry Hulme


This Nudibranch was spotted whilst diving in the Philippines at a depth of 15m. I can't identify it, it looks really similar to a phyllidiidae but I thought this genus didn't have gills or visible gills?

Locality: Coron, 15metres, Philippines, Pacific, 19 April 2005. Length: 1 inch. Photographer: Kerry Hulme.

Please help, I'm very confused!
Kerry Hulme

HA211650@ntu.ac.uk

Hulme, K.E., 2006 (Mar 9) Phyllidia mimic [2]. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16048

Dear Kerry,
When you see something that doesn't 'fit the book' you should be excited not confused. By great coincidence, your messages arrived about 30 minutes after Carl Scott's [#16040] about the very same species which he also described as a Phyllidia mimic.

My comments to his message obviously apply to your's as well. It is Chromodoris geometrica, and the yellow-green tipped gills and rhinophores are characteristic of that species.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Mar 9). Comment on Phyllidia mimic [2] by Kerry Hulme. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16048

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