Confirmation Platydoris angustipes

June 3, 2002
From: Alexander Taborda Marin


Dear Bill
Please help me in the confirmation of this nudibranch, thanks. I found it at Santa Marta, Caribbean coast of Colombia, at about 50 cm depth, on coral reef.
Alexander

alexandertaborda@hotmail.com

Marin, A. T., 2002 (Jun 3) Confirmation Platydoris angustipes. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/7070

Dear Alexander,
I am pretty sure this is Platydoris angustipes, but there is not a lot of published information on the external colour of this species. In species of Platydoris the mantle skirt is usually very thin, but tough and leathery. It is usually very stiff and only very slowly changes shape. The gill pocket is also raised and folded so that each gill has its own special fold.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (Jun 3). Comment on Confirmation Platydoris angustipes by Alexander Taborda Marin. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/7070

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