Nudibranch from Peru

December 9, 2002
From: Katia

HI.
Last August I went to Punta Sal (between Tumbes and Piura, north of Perú) and saw a 25-30 mm nudibranch. It was black with little spots all over its body (yellow and orange)and had a blue-green line on the edge of its body (like it had been delineated). I found it about 7 m depth, it was swimming near some rocks.
Katia

jaimenakamura@terra.com.pe

Katia, 2002 (Dec 9) Nudibranch from Peru. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/8626

Dear Katia,
It is very difficult to identify animals without a photo or at least a drawing. Your animal sound very colourful so it is possibly a species of chromodorid. Two species from the east Pacific which are similar in colour are Chromodoris sphoni and Hypselodoris agassizii. Have a pook at the photos of these on the Forum and see what you think. There are two other possibilities, Hypselodoris lapislazuli and Chromodoris ruzafai, but I don't have photos of those. Perhaps someone with a knowledge of your fauna will be able to help us out
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (Dec 9). Comment on Nudibranch from Peru by Katia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/8626

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Unidentified - East Pacific (Central and South America)

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