Re: Dendrodoris fumata? from Western Australia

August 22, 2007
From: Bruce Potter

Concerning message #20153:

Dear Bill,
By sheer chance I was in Perth last weekend, so was able to dive the same site again and found the same kind of large orange nudi. I don't know if the attached image will help identify it. This one was about 75 mm long.

Locality: Rockingham, 6 metres, Western Australia, Indian Ocean, 12 August 2007, Mucky under Jetty. Length: 75 mm. Photographer: Bruce Potter.

Regards
Bruce Potter

bandppotter@bigpond.com

Potter, B., 2007 (Aug 22) Re: Dendrodoris fumata? from Western Australia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20475

Dear Bruce,
That was a lucky find. The gills appear to be half retracted so I suspect they are more like those of D. fumata then D. nigra. However I am not convinced it is that species, as I have never seen one coloured quite like this, or with such a narrow mantle skirt. All I can ask is you keep your eye out for egg masses - they might give us a clue.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Aug 22). Comment on Re: Dendrodoris fumata? from Western Australia by Bruce Potter. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20475

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