Dendrodoris krebsii from Colombia

October 11, 2000
From: Phanor Montoya

Dear Bill,

Is this Dendrodoris krebsii? It is from Santa Marta, Colombia. I think this is the black variety of D. krebsii. It has the tip of rhinophores white. The mantle border has vein markings.

With regards,
Phanor Montoya

phamont@eudoramail.com

Montoya, P., 2000 (Oct 11) Dendrodoris krebsii from Colombia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3128

Dear Phanor,
This certainly looks like Dendrodoris krebsi. You ask if it is the black variety. Having just looked at the photo in Dave Behrens book - Pacific Coast Nudibranchs - of a black animal with a red border, I can say that there are definitely much blacker specimens.

Can anyone give us some idea of the colour range of this species. Is it normally mottled in the Caribbean or does the black colour form occur there as well?

And if there is a linguist out there should we be using krebsii. I would think the spelling should be krebsi?

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2000 (Oct 11). Comment on Dendrodoris krebsii from Colombia by Phanor Montoya. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3128

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