Pleurobranchus mamillatus from Lakshadweep, India
April 30, 2010
From: Apte Deepak
Dear Dr. Bill
Got this interesting Pleurobranchus sp along with Pleurobranchus forskalii. Attaching noth the images. Does P. forskalii shows so much colour variation?
Locality: Lakshadweep, 1 m, India, Arabian Sea, 17th April 2010, Coral reef. Length: 75 mm. Photographer: Deepak Apte.
Deepak Apte
spiderconch@gmail.com
Apte, D.A., 2010 (Apr 30) Pleurobranchus mamillatus from Lakshadweep, India. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/23588Dear Deepak,
Although I would usually expect some pinkish or purplish colour around the base of the tubercles, I am pretty sure these are Pleurobranchus mamillatus rather than P. forskalii. However P. forskalii certainly has colour variants which look much like your animals.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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