Plocamopherus ceylonicus from Ratnagiri, India

October 26, 2009
From: Vishal Bhave


Concerning message #22507:

Last time I submitted juvenile. This time in survey I got possibly adult (?)

2 specimens were seen

Locality: Mandavi, Ratnagiri, 5 centimeters, Maharashtra, India, Arabian sea, 15 October 2009, Intertidal, beneath the rock, in rockpool. Length: 35 mm. Photographer: Vishal Bhave.

Vishal Bhave

vishalbhave@gmail.com

Bhave, V.J., 2009 (Oct 26) Plocamopherus ceylonicus from Ratnagiri, India. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22707

Dear Vishal,

Thanks for these photos. They are certainly mature specimens of Plocamopherus ceylonicus. It's good to get photos of specimens from near the type locality... or at least much closer than the west Pacific, where it has usually been reported from. 

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2009 (Oct 26). Comment on Plocamopherus ceylonicus from Ratnagiri, India by Vishal Bhave. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22707

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