Plakobranchus from Thailand
December 27, 2000
From: Dave Harasti
Bill,
I took these photo's of this unknown Nudibranch in late October 2000. It was at Koh Tao Island in Thailand, the depth was about 6 metres and it was moving across barren sand. The closest bommie was about 20 metres away. The nudibrnach was about 5 cms in length. I've looked through all my books and can't identify it, can you help?
Thanks,
Dave Harasti
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Harasti, D., 2000 (Dec 27) Plakobranchus from Thailand. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3365Dear David,
This is Plakobranchus ocellatus, which is common throughout the tropical Indo-West Pacific in relatively shallow sandy environments. It is one of the many sacoglossan sea slugs which are 'solar powered' with symbiotic chloroplasts allowing it to photosynthesise like a plant.
Bill Rudman.
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