Colour in Pleurobranchus peroni from Reunion Is.
September 22, 2008
From: Hugues Flodrops
Dear Bill,
After reflection, I think that the animal in my preceding message [#21012] is an yellow-orange form of Pleurobranchus peroni. Here are three pictures to illustrate the variation.
Upper: Dark red form. Specimen size about 60 mm, 30 April 2007 by night. Middle: Orange form. Specimen size more than 80 mm. Date observed 22 August 2007. Lower: Yellow-orange form. Specimen size 35 mm. Locality: Etang-Salé , 1 metre, Reunion Island, Indian Ocean, 30 april, 22 august and 19 October 2007, Night. Length: 60- 80 and 35 mm. Photographer: Hugues Flodrops.
Thanks for your thoughts.
Best regards.
Hugues.
hugues.flodrops@wanadoo.fr
Flodrops, H., 2008 (Sep 22) Colour in Pleurobranchus peroni from Reunion Is.. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21014Dear Hugues,
Yes this is a very variable species in colour. If you look at the Fact Sheet, I mention quite a few names that various colour forms of this species have been given in the past
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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