Hi all, we found this small nudibranch in Kimbe/PNG. It looks like an Eubranchus leopoldoi, but that has sofar only been seen in the Bahamas I think. Something else? Or did its range just include the other side of the globe?
Cor
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Eubranchus leopoldoi?
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Hi Cor,
With the other two, you wonder if everything hitched a ride from Okinawa! Eubranchus are really tough (their size doesn't help): have you any closer shots?
Might be E. rubropunctatus.
Cheers,
Marli
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Hi Marli, here are some more images. To me it doesnt look like a rebropunctatus, but it does look a lot like the leopoldoi, on seaslugs, the top image. It's just that the location is totally off.
Cor
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That's better...but hasn't got me any further, except that someone else thinks they have found E. leopoldoi on this side of the globe. That being said, have a look, and you can see the variation in their group of photos from Japan.
http://www.umiushi.info/kanri/photo_sql_en...9b87150a5f9fe1a
Your citter has some distinct white lines emanting from the tip of each cerata. The white markings on the dorsum are also quite distinctive. I'll send this off to some experts and see what they come up with.
Cheers,
Marli
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Hi again,
I heard back from Terry Gosliner, and he's seen it before, also in PNG. Although it is similar to E. leopoldi, (note the different spelling), it is most likely an undecribed species.
Cheers,
Marli
