Dendrodoris fumata from Western Australia

April 19, 2007
From: Bruce Potter

Dear Bill,

I found this large black critter under the jetty at Rockingham and have decided it isDendrodoris nigra . Being totally black, apart from its gills, made it very difficult to photograph. I had trouble getting any detail. It did have slight markings on the body and a red marginal line.
It would have been about 45mm long and was at about 6 metres deep.

Locality: Rockingham, 6 metres, Western Australia, Indian Ocean, 24 February 2007, Mucky under Jetty. Length: 45mm. Photographer: Bruce Potter.

Regards
Bruce Potter.

bandppotter@bigpond.com

Potter, B., 2007 (Apr 19) Dendrodoris fumata from Western Australia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19605

Dear Bruce,
As you will have seen from the Fact Sheets, these black dendrodorids are difficult to distinguish - and its possible there is a third or more species lurking in the mix. Your animal is probably D. fumata because it has about 5 large feathery gills. In D. nigra the gills are smaller and much more numerous.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Apr 19). Comment on Dendrodoris fumata from Western Australia by Bruce Potter. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19605

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