Doris? sp. 1.

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Family: Dorididae

DISTRIBUTION

Western Indian Ocean?

PHOTO

Pangavini, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, November, 1976.
PHOTO: Bill Rudman.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 1998 (July 7) Doris? sp. 1. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/dorisp1

Related messages


Re: Doris? at Mauritius

February 5, 2009
From: Sully Bachel


Dear Bill

I've found this beautiful Doris in a sandy place

Locality: Ile Ste Marie, 14 m, Madagascar, Indian Ocean, 20 October 2008. Length: 40 mm. Photographer: Sully Bachel.

Best regards
Sully Bachel

s.bachel@orange.fr

Bachel, S., 2009 (Feb 5) Re: Doris? at Mauritius. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22187

Dear Sully,

Yes this is the animsl I am calling Doris sp. 1 at present. It seems to be restricted to the Indian Ocean.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2009 (Feb 5). Comment on Re: Doris? at Mauritius by Sully Bachel. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22187

Dorid from Sodwana Bay, South Africa

July 10, 2003
From: Rudolph van Jaarsveld

Hi Bill,
Could you identify this slug please? I took the photo at Sodwana Bay, South Africa in May 2003 at a depth of 15 meters.

This photo was taken with 1:1 extension tube, 35mm lens, Nikonos V.

Regards.
Rudolph van Jaarsveld

rudolph@tcm.co.za

Jaarsveld, R., 2003 (Jul 10) Dorid from Sodwana Bay, South Africa . [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10258

Dear Rudolph,
I can't say much about this dorid except that it is the one I am calling Doris? sp. 1 on the Forum.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (Jul 10). Comment on Dorid from Sodwana Bay, South Africa by Rudolph van Jaarsveld. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10258

Dorid from South Africa

March 11, 2000
From: Valda Fraser

Dear Bill
Please tell me, which Doris is this? It's one of my favourites.

Locality: South Coast KwaZulu-Natal, SOUTH AFRICA. Park Rynie - 25m
Date: Oct 1999
Size: 35mm

Regards
Valda Fraser

iti04937@mweb.co.za

Fraser, V., 2000 (Mar 11) Dorid from South Africa. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2019

Dear Valda,
I'm afraid this species odesn't have a name at present. It is in the Forum as Doris? sp. 1.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2000 (Mar 11). Comment on Dorid from South Africa by Valda Fraser. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2019

Doris? sp. 1. from

July 16, 1999
From: Neil Miller

Hi Bill,
I have been looking through your pages on Nudibranchs and find them quite interesting. I was wondering if you knew what Nudibranch it is that I have attached as a jpeg file.
    
I've looked in a number of books and not found a match as yet. It was found at Lady Elliot Island, Queensland, Depth, 1 mtr (Lagoon), October 1992.
    
I hope you don't mind me sending it to you, I have this and more on my website for Scuba Divers at http://www.diveoz.com.au where I intend to upload even more shots of Nudibranchs. I just brought a 1:2 macro lens for getting closer to the smaller ones and I look forward to trying it out soon.
    
Thanks.
    
Neil Miller

webguy@diveoz.com.au

Miller, N., 1999 (Jul 16) Doris? sp. 1. from. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1055

Dear Neil,
This is found throughout the tropical and warm temperate Indo-West Pacific. Have a look at the top of the page and the other messages below yours for other records. Unfortunately it hasn't a name yet and until it is studied more fully I can't even say what genus it belongs to. At the moment then it is just Doris? sp. 1.

Good Luck with your site and your photography. I'm happy to help with identifications.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 1999 (Jul 16). Comment on Doris? sp. 1. from by Neil Miller. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1055

Doris? sp.1 from Western Australia

May 30, 1999
From: Clay Bryce

Hi Bill,
I am working on the Dorids for the new book at the moment and noticed your reference to Doris? sp.1. It also occures in the Kimberley region of W. Australia (Jones I. Cat.No. WAM 309-95. Found intertidally on a reef flat under a dead coral slab).

Cheers,

Clay

brycec@museum.wa.gov.au

Bryce, C., 1999 (May 30) Doris? sp.1 from Western Australia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/892

Doris? at Mauritius

July 7, 1998
From: Erwin Koehler

Dear Bill,

this photo was taken by Georg Heinze, a friend of mine in August 93 at Mauritius. This photo was made with NIKONOS V and 28mm lens, without a close-up - this photo is enlarged. Georg said it's size was about 4cm, depth about 10m. More photos by Georg Heinze (Mauritius, Philippines, Mediterranean Sea) at: http://www.medslugs.de/E/mssmain.htm
Thank you

Erwin
Erwin Koehler
Darmstadt, GERMANY.

E.Koehler@deutschepost.de

Koehler, E., 1998 (Jul 7) Doris? at Mauritius. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/99

Erwin, Georg's photo takes me back to Tanzania, over 20 years ago. I am pretty sure his animal is the same as the one I have illustrated above, although the tubercles in the Mauritius photo are not tipped in black. Terry Gosliner records it from South Africa as well. (see Doris sp2. p. 62 in Gosliner, T., 1987. Nudibranchs of Southern Africa. Sea Challengers: Monterey). It is an unnamed species tentatively placed in the genus Doris... Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 1998 (Jul 7). Comment on Doris? at Mauritius by Erwin Koehler. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/99