A dark Pleurobranchus grandis ?

April 13, 2001
From: Erwin Koehler

Dear Bill
Attached is a photo from Papua New Guinea
taken by Beate and Peter Lange

Email: beate.lange@aon.at
other data were not recorded.
Is it the red variant of Pleurobranchus grandis or something else?
Erwin

Erwin@medslugs.de

Koehler, E., 2001 (Apr 13) A dark Pleurobranchus grandis ?. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4067

Dear Erwin,
Yes I am sure this is Pleurobranchus grandis. The prominent 'exhalent siphon' at the rear of the mantle and the complex tubercles, with a basal ring of secondary tubercles are fairy charcteristic features of this animal.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Apr 13). Comment on A dark Pleurobranchus grandis ? by Erwin Koehler. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4067

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