Durvilledoris pusilla from the Solomon Ids

April 27, 2001
From: Bruce Potter

Bill,
I found this Durvilledoris pusilla yesterday. It was very small at about 15mm. it was on algae covered dead coral at about 8 meters.

Is 15mm the full adult size?, or was it still only juvenile? It was moving along lifting the front edge of its mantle rythmically like a Risbecia does.

I found it at a site just outside of Honiara in the Solomon Islands. For the past couple of years this has been a brilliant Nudibranch site, but it has been damaged by big seas during the past wet season, and there are not so many Nudibranchs around just now.
Regards
Bruce Potter

bruce.potter@adventist.org.sb

Potter, B., 2001 (Apr 27) Durvilledoris pusilla from the Solomon Ids. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4227

Thanks Bruce,
I hope your nudibranch site doesn't take too long to recover. Concerning size, I'm sorry I haven't any dimensions for Durvilledoris pusilla on the Forum - an oversight. Species of Durvilledoris are quite small, and 15-20mm would be about the maximum length this species reaches.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Apr 27). Comment on Durvilledoris pusilla from the Solomon Ids by Bruce Potter. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4227

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