Re: Mystery slug from Malaysia
May 11, 2005
From: Roberto Sozzani
Dear Bill,
If I can add something more to the mystery [message #13735 ], here is a very similar specimen, from Indonesia.
Locality: Secret Bay, Bali. Indonesia. Depth: 5 metres. Length: 100-120 mm. March 2003. muddy and dark sand. Photographer: Roberto Sozzani
Roberto
roberto.sozzani@fastwebnet.it
Sozzani, R., 2005 (May 11) Re: Mystery slug from Malaysia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/13744Dear Roberto,
Thanks for this. I am pretty sure your animal is Pleurobranchus peroni. As I said earlier it is very similar colour form to P. forskalii, but doesn't appear to grow as large. In your photo you can see the scattered, slightly larger papillae, appearing almost as a darker brown ring, which are characteristic of P. peroni. At 10 - 12 cm, it is a large specimen of the species.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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