Red form of Dendrodoris nigra

June 10, 2002
From: Valda Fraser

Dear Bill
My friend Martin Wallace drew my attention to a nudibranch that I'm not familiar with while diving recently! Can you help with identification?

Locality: Pumula, south coast KwaZulu-Natal, 28 m, South Africa
Date: May 2002
Size: 30mm

Thanks.
Regards
Valda Fraser

valdafraser@mweb.co.za

Fraser, V., 2002 (Jun 10) Red form of Dendrodoris nigra. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/7086

Dear Valda,
This is a very red colour form of Dendrodoris nigra. Usually the red colour form is only found in small juveniles, but sometimes very large animals stay red.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (Jun 10). Comment on Red form of Dendrodoris nigra by Valda Fraser. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/7086

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