Dendrodoris tuberculosa from Reunion Island

February 23, 2005
From: Philibert Bidgrain


Dear Bill,
Reunion Island sea slugs.

These animals were observed and photographed by Maurice Jay

The upper two photos are of a specimen found at "Grand Fond" lagoon in Saint Paul, 16 March 1985, size: 80 mm x 60 mm. The underside of the mantle has a dark brown background colour with large round white spots, characteristic of Dendrodoris tuberculosa.

For the animal in the third photo  [alongside Bill's comments] I don't have an underside view, and so I am not sure that it is the same species... May be a juvenile form?

Best Regards
Philibert Bidgrain
http://vieoceane.free.fr/runseaslug/indexslug.htm

pbidgrain@yahoo.fr

Bidgrain, P., 2005 (Feb 23) Dendrodoris tuberculosa from Reunion Island. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/13162

Dear Philibert,
The upper animal is indeed Dendrodoris tuberculosa - the spots on the underside are very characteristic. I am pretty sure the lower photo is nont this species. It is a bit hard to be sure from the photo but I suspect it is a species of Actinocyclus. At the moment in the Forum I have only one species of Actinocyclus - another little thing I need to fix up when they invent 36 hour days.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2005 (Feb 23). Comment on Dendrodoris tuberculosa from Reunion Island by Philibert Bidgrain. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/13162

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