Re: Pleurobranchus albiguttatus from Reunion Island

December 15, 2006
From: Julie Marshall

Concerning message #18785:

Dear Bill,

Attached are some photos of Pleurobranchus albiguttatus from Heron Island [Great Barrier Reef] Both animals were found at low tide at the reef crest under dead coral slabs. The first animal, plus close up of its head, was 30 mm in size and the other one, which has a paler pattern, 25 mm.

Locality: Heron Island, Intertidal, Queensland, Australia, Pacific Ocean, 9 January, 1993, Length: 30 mm; 27 September 1992, Length 25 mm. Intertidal.  Photographer: Julie Marshall.

Best wishes,
Julie Marshall

juliemarshall@netspace.net.au

Marshall, J.G., 2006 (Dec 15) Re: Pleurobranchus albiguttatus from Reunion Island. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19016

Dear Julie,
Thanks for these photos which show the transition from whitish juveniles to brownish adults very well. You can still see the entire orange border in the white animal, and traces of it in the brownish one. In the close-up of the mantle [middle right] you can see that the two darker tubercles with the characteristic white streak are slightly larger than the other tubercles.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Dec 15). Comment on Re: Pleurobranchus albiguttatus from Reunion Island by Julie Marshall. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19016

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