Doris? sp. 4.

Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Family: Dorididae

PHOTO

Kerama Island, near Okinawa, coral rubble, Depth: 5m, Length: 30mm. PHOTO: Mr Atsushi Ono.

See Rie Nakano's message below.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 1999 (May 2) Doris? sp. 4. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/dorisp4

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Sclerodoris? from Kerama Island

May 2, 1999
From: Rie Nakano

Dear Bill,

Here is another of Mr Atsushi Ono 's images from Kerama Island, near Okinawa which you offered to identify for us.

It was found on coral rubble, Depth: 5m, Length: 30mm.

Rie Nakano

rie@street.ne.jp

Nakano, R., 1999 (May 2) Sclerodoris? from Kerama Island. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/829

Dear Rie,
I'm afraid I'm not familiar with this animal. The long tapering papillae on the dorsum remind me of Sclerodoris apiculata but the dorsum seems to have too many other papillae or tubercles for that species.

Perhaps someone will recognise it and let us know.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 1999 (May 2). Comment on Sclerodoris? from Kerama Island by Rie Nakano. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/829