Pleurobranchus atlanticus from the Bahamas

December 17, 2005
From: Les Wilk

Hi Bill;

I think this is a Pleurobranchus areolatus. The upper right photo shows two of them.

Locality: Bahamas, Depth: 30 feet. Length: 3 inches. June 2002. Photographer: Keri Wilk

Les Wilk

wilk@reefnet.ca

Wilk, L., 2005 (Dec 17) Pleurobranchus atlanticus from the Bahamas. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/15467

Dear Les,
Have a look at the messages and Fact Sheets for P. areolatus and P. atlanticus. I am pretty sure your animals are P. atlanticus. If you look at your photos you will see that scattered tubercles are larger than the others and have a heavy opaque white mark on them. It is not as obvious in your animals than most others on the Forum, but the white mark is usuall traingular in shape making these large tubercles look like a set of radiating white pointed papillae on the mantle.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2005 (Dec 17). Comment on Pleurobranchus atlanticus from the Bahamas by Les Wilk. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/15467

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