Tritonia hamnerorum from Martinique
March 7, 2007
From: Stephane Ores
Hello Bill,
I found this beautiful nudibranch on a gorgonian, but I couldn't identify it..
Locality: Diamant, 15 m, Martinique (French West Indies), Caribbean Sea, 23 February 2007. Length: 20 mm. Photographer: Stephane Ores.
Thank you for help
Best regards
Stephane
stephane.ores@neuf.fr
Ores, Stephane, 2007 (Mar 7) Tritonia hamnerorum from Martinique. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19577Dear Stephane,
I am pretty sure this is the gorgonian-feeding Tritonia hamnerorum. The only difference I can see externally is the presence of orange-red on the rhinophore sheaths, the gill stalks, and as a faint band on the tentacles on the oral veil. Other aspects of the colour are identical, as is the relative size of the gills, shape of the body, and number of tentacles on the oral veil.
I would be interested in comments from anyone familiar with T. hamnerorum or this red marked 'form' or 'species'.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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