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Durvilledoris similaris

Rudman, 1986


IkeBe Ph 5mm at a depht of 60 ft Anilao, Batangas

Blogie Robillo What a beauty!!

Mark Farrer Thats a stunning little Nudi

PT Hirschfield real purty :-)

IkeBe Ph Thank you Blogie Robillo, Mark Farrer, PT Hirschfield!

Sylvie Omnès is it Hypselodoris bullockii, or another ?

Johny Leffelaer Its not H. bullockii.

Johny Leffelaer I'm not shore,but i think its Durvilledoris similaris.;-)

Jeff Rosenfeld Not Durvilledoris similaris as that species has a line down the midline that the specimen in your photo lacks. Most likely Thorunna halourga - http://www.seaslugforum.net/showall/thorhalo

IkeBe Ph Thank you for the ID Jeff Rosenfeld!

Bunnee Gamboa-Santos I have a funny feeling its not a Thorunna halourga because of its red orange rhinopores and gills. Its the first of its kind that I've seen. I'm not an expert, just my two cents worth.

Sylvie Omnès Bunnee Gamboa-Santos: I think Jeff ID is the right one;look at his link above : at the end of it there's "Thorunna speciosus", very similar ...

Bunnee Gamboa-Santos Yup. Thanks.

Erwin Koehler Thorunna halourga Johnson & Gosliner, 2001, there are specimens with a thinner or a broad white margin are at http://www.philippine-sea-slugs.com/Nudibranchia/Euctenidiacea/Thorunna_halourga.htm

Taxonomy
Animalia (Kingdom)
  Mollusca (Phylum)
    Gastropoda (Class)
      Heterobranchia (Subclass)
        Opisthobranchia (Infraclass)
          Nudibranchia (Order)
            Euctenidiacea (Suborder)
              Doridacea (Infraorder)
                Doridoidea (Superfamily)
                  Chromodorididae (Family)
                    Durvilledoris (Genus)
                      Durvilledoris similaris (Species)
Associated Species