Another Phyllodesmium poindimiei

September 11, 2002
From: Sabine Noack

Hi,
This one also looks like Phyllodesmium poindimiei. The picture was taken in Horseshoe Bay (between the islands of Rinca and Nusa Kode), Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The name of the divesite is Torpedo.

Depth: ~ 8 m
Size: ~ 4 cm

It was moving across a patch of black sand
Regards,
Sabine

dive@snoack.de

Noack, S., 2002 (Sep 11) Another Phyllodesmium poindimiei. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/7840

Thanks Sabine,
Your animal certainly looks like P. poindimiei. My only doubt is that I can't see any branching on the pink digestive gland ducts which run up each of the cerata. I this genus there is quite a range of structure in the digestive gland duct, ranging from species with a smooth unbranched tube to others with major branches and tertiary ramifications throughout the cerata. If you look at other photos of P. poindimiei on this page you will see that there are quite noticeable secondary branches. I am not sure in your animal whetjher it lacks these or whether they are obscured by the pigment on the ceratal wall.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (Sep 11). Comment on Another Phyllodesmium poindimiei by Sabine Noack. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/7840

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