Platydoris sanguinea
Bergh, 1905
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Identification is verified by Neville Coleman, Nudi Pixel expert
Comment from Neville Coleman: Due to some of these being very small I have asked Dr. Richard C. Willan to take a look as well and he has agreed with most of my determinations. Richard has determined this species based on recent scientific publications. It grows to around 50mm and is known from Indonesia and the Philippines.
Common name: RED PLATYDORIS
Below is comment from Dr. Bill Rudman, go to Sea Slug Forum to read more information
Dear Erwin,
I am pretty sure this is Platydoris sanguinea but it always helps with these flat dorids to turn the animal over and take a photo of the underside as well. Apart from giving me an idea of its colour it also helps to give an idea of just how soft or stiff and 'leathery' the mantle is. When we haven't many external characters to go on every little bit of extra information helps
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
| Location: | Raja Ampat, Indonesia |
| Photographer: | Erwin Kodiat |
| Camera: | Canon PowerShot A620 › View EXIF properties |
| Taken on: | February 23, 2007 |
| Viewed: | 456 times |
| Posted: | 1 year ago |
| Updated: | 7 months ago |
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Scientific Classification
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Mollusca |
| Class: | Gastropoda |
| Subclass: | Opisthobranchia |
| Order: | Nudibranchia |
| Suborder: | Doridina |
| Family: | Discodorididae |
| Species: | Platydoris sanguinea |