Chromodoris lochi at Layang Layang

May 22, 2003
From: Kheong San Chang

Dear Bill,
Here are some photos of a nudi exhibiting a similar behaviour to one I posted before. He lifted his front end up and kind of sniffed around to find his way. Could you ID this slug for me?

The Layang trip was at the end of March, 2003. This nudi was shot on Mar 29. Layang Layang is an atoll which then drops thousands of meters into the sea. The edge is a wall dive, but the atoll itself has a sandy bottom which is more or less completely covered with coral towards the edge. Inside the atoll seems to be mostly sand. The nudi is around 5cm long. [Layang Layang, also known as Swallows Reef, is 300 km northwest of Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia in the South China Sea].

Kheong.

kschan@mail.dsi.nus.edu.sg

Chang, S.K., 2003 (May 22) Chromodoris lochi at Layang Layang. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/9638

Dear Kheong,
This is Chromodoris lochi. I suspect that as well as 'smelling' your slug is 'feeling' around for something more interesting to crawl on.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (May 22). Comment on Chromodoris lochi at Layang Layang by Kheong San Chang. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/9638

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