Phyllidia elegans from Nth Sulawesi

June 6, 2007
From: Sebastian Ferse

Another slug from North Sulawesi that I'm having trouble with. To me this looks like Phyllidiopsis pipeki, but the yellow rhinophores don't match. I haven't found any Phyllidiopsis with yellow rhinophores. Any ideas what this is? The specimen came from Gorontalo, Traffic Jam dive site, in approximately 5m water depth on rubble substrate.

Locality: Traffic Jam, Gorontalo, 5 m, Gorontalo Province, Sulawesi, Indonesia, Pacific Ocean, 13 March 2007, rubble patch on upper reef slope. Length: 7 cm. Photographer: Sebastian Ferse.

Thanks,
Sebastian

sebastian.ferse@zmt-bremen.de

Ferse, S.C.A., 2007 (Jun 6) Phyllidia elegans from Nth Sulawesi. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19725

Dear Sebastian,
Yellow rhinophores are a pretty good sign the animal is either a species of Phyllidia or Fryeria. From its colour I would say it is Phyllidia elegans.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Jun 6). Comment on Phyllidia elegans from Nth Sulawesi by Sebastian Ferse. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19725

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