Plocamopherus ocellatus from Israel

October 21, 2003
From: Michael Levin


Hi Bill,
I photographed these nudibranchs - Plocamopherus ocellatus at the depth 27 meter as there were crawling on the ship wreck called Ze'ev Hayam in the Mediterranean Sea in front of the city Jaffa (south of Tel-Aviv, Israel).

There were many of them (I saw at least six of them), size about 5-6 cm each.

Best Regards,
Michael Levin
www.pbase.com/manta_ray/nudibranch

michael@scubadiving.com

Levin, M., 2003 (Oct 21) Plocamopherus ocellatus from Israel. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/11278

Thanks Michael,
This is a nice find. There are very few records of this very distinctive species since its first description almost 200 years ago from the Red Sea [Rüppell & Leuckart, 1828]. The 3 or 4 subsequent finds have all been in the Mediterranean where it has apparently migrated since the opening of the Suez Canal
Best wishes
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (Oct 21). Comment on Plocamopherus ocellatus from Israel by Michael Levin. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/11278

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