Doris? sp. 9.
Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
Suborder: DORIDINA
Superfamily: EUDORIDOIDEA
Family: Dorididae
PHOTO
Enewetak Atoll, 1981. From 131 meters. Length 9mm.
PHOTO: Scott Johnson.
See message below.
Authorship detailsRudman, W.B., 2000 (February 20) Doris? sp. 9. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/dorisp9
Related messages
Re: Doris? sp. 9
July 19, 2002
From: Haruo Kinoshita
Hi Bill,
I know this animal was previously in the unidentified pages of this Forum. It seems however that it has recently moved to another page. What is the name of page that you identified ?
UPPER: Izu Ocean Park, Izu peninsula, Japan, 19-Jun-2000
Depth: 35m
Length: ?
Photo: Haruo Kinoshita
LOWER LEFT: Hachijo Island, Japan, 26-Mar-2002
Depth: 45m
Length: 15mm
Photo: Haruo Kinoshita
LOWER RIGHT: Yawatano, Izu peninsula, Japan, 27-Apr-2002.
Depth: 34m
Length: 10mm
Photo: Haruo Kinoshita
Regards,
Haruo Kinoshita
kinoh@vesta.ocn.ne.jp
Dear Haruo,
I have moved this to Doris? sp 9. Still basically unidentified, but with Scott Johnson's photo I decided to move it from the 'unidentified' pages. Sorry if it appeared to disappear.
It is difficult to keep track of messages about 'unnamed' species or of 'species' which change their names. This is one reason we changed the way we cite messages on the Forum some time ago. The citation is now based on the unique number each message has. This means that no matter how many times I change the page a message is on it can always be found.
For example: http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4254.
This if course won't help when you 'just know' it was on the unidentified page but hopefully it does make things a bit easier.
Cheers,
Bill Rudman
Re: Sea slug from Sagami Bay
May 3, 2002
From: Scott Johnson
Hi Bill,
Afraid I don't have any ideas about the identity of Kumiko Origuchi's Sagami Bay dorid, but it does bear some resemblance to a species already on the Forum, Doris(?) sp 9, from the Marshall Islands.
Scott Johnson
johnson@kmr.ll.mit.edu
Johnson, S., 2002 (May 3) Re: Sea slug from Sagami Bay. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4281Thanks Scott,
I'll move it from the 'unidentified page'.
Cheers,
Bill Rudman
Sea slug from Sagami Bay
May 2, 2001
From: Kumiko Origuchi
Dear Bill
This is my first appearance in this site.
I found this sea slug in Sagami Bay, Japan.
Would you tell me about this?
Kumiko Origuchi
p2-diver@po.mmm.ne.jp
Origuchi, K., 2001 (May 2) Sea slug from Sagami Bay. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/4254Dear Kumiko,
Kikutaro Baba's book has made Sagami Bay a famous place for sea slugs, and it has such beautiful animals, such as Sagaminopteron ornatum named after it. Your animal has very distinctive colours but I am unable to identify it. I am sorry I couldn't give you an instant answer on your first visit to the Forum. If anyone has any ideas can they please let me know.
• Baba, K. (1949) Opisthobranchia of Sagami Bay. Iwanami Shoten: Tokyo
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
Dorid from the Marshall Islands
February 21, 2000
From: Scott Johnson
Hi Bill,
Here is an interesting little beast. I have seen only one, and it was collected on the western seaward reef of Enewetak Atoll in 1981. It lived a bit beyond typical diving depths; the animal was attached to a rock brought up by the submersible Makali'i from a depth of 131 meters. The body measured 9mm in length. The brown spots along the middorsum are slightly pustulose, but much less so than the white warts that cover the rest of the body.
Scott
johnson@kmr.ll.mit.edu
Johnson, S., 2000 (Feb 21) Dorid from the Marshall Islands. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1892Thanks Scott,
It's unknown to me as well.
Bill Rudman
