Phyllidia madangensis

Brunckhorst, 1993

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Phyllidia madangensis from Manado, Indonesia
Identification verified by Bill Rudman
 
Below is comment from Dr. Bill Rudman, go to Sea Slug Forum to read more information
Dear Mike,

I thinnk it would cause a few problems if the two large animals in your photo were mating. The blue one on the left is Phyllidia varicosa, while the large, predominantly black one is Phyllidia madangensis, although it is hard to distinguish it from P. carlsonhoffi  from this photo. Over on the right of the photo is a smaller phyllidiid which looks like a species of Phyllidiella or perhaps Phyllidiopsis. I don't recall a species like this which seems to have black pigment right to the mantle edge.

To answer your question. I don't think the two large animals are mating. If you look carefully you can see the anal papilla on P. madangensis which means the head of P. varicosa and the 'tail' of P. madangensis are together, which is not a mating position.

Best wishes,

Bill Rudman
Location:Manado, Indonesia
Photographer:Mike Krampf
Camera:Olympus μ600View EXIF properties
Taken on:October 25, 2006
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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:Phyllidiidae
Species:Phyllidia madangensis

 
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