Mating brown & green Nembrotha chamberlaini

September 15, 2009
From: Kara Miller


Found these guys on a live-aboard trip on the Pindito in Raja Ampat, the Banda Sea. They were very obviously mating on a coral head in about 20 feet of water. Dive spot was called Boo Island. This was the first of three pairs of mating nudibranchs I found on this trip; 2 pairs of nembrothas (different species) and one pair of terrilidias.

Locality: Raja Ampat (live-aboard), 20 feet, Indonesia, Banda Sea, 14 November 2008, Reef. Length: 3 inches. Photographer: Kara Miller.

Kara Miller

liveahimsa@gmail.com

Miller, K., 2009 (Sep 15) Mating brown & green Nembrotha chamberlaini. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22270

Dear Kara,

This sort of confirms my discussion in Marcel Tanke's message [#22310] that the brown and green [Nembrotha sp. 9]  forms of N. chamberlaini are one species. But when you look at photos of the N. rutilans - N. purpureolineata group [see message #18775] it is hard to see how they differ - which ultimately brings us back to N. lineolata. See also my comments on this colour group in message #389.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2009 (Sep 15). Comment on Mating brown & green Nembrotha chamberlaini by Kara Miller. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22270

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