Colour in Pleurobranchus peroni from Reunion Is.

September 22, 2008
From: Hugues Flodrops


Dear Bill,
After reflection, I think that the animal in my preceding message [#21012] is an yellow-orange form of Pleurobranchus peroni. Here are three pictures to illustrate the variation.

Upper: Dark red form. Specimen size about 60 mm, 30 April 2007 by night. Middle: Orange form. Specimen size more than 80 mm. Date observed 22 August 2007. Lower: Yellow-orange form. Specimen size 35 mm. Locality: Etang-Salé , 1 metre, Reunion Island, Indian Ocean, 30 april, 22 august and 19 October 2007, Night. Length: 60- 80 and 35 mm. Photographer: Hugues Flodrops.

Thanks for your thoughts.
Best regards.
Hugues.

hugues.flodrops@wanadoo.fr

Flodrops, H., 2008 (Sep 22) Colour in Pleurobranchus peroni from Reunion Is.. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21014

Dear Hugues,

Yes this is a very variable species in colour. If you look at the Fact Sheet, I mention quite a few names that various colour forms of this species have been given in the past

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2008 (Sep 22). Comment on Colour in Pleurobranchus peroni from Reunion Is. by Hugues Flodrops. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21014

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