species: Platydoris sabulosa in Lizard Island area: all known taxa (Lizard Island Field Guide)
Platydoris sabulosa


©Anne Hoggett: Platydoris sabulosa about 120 mm long, as found at night on Big Vicki's reef flat, Lizard Island

©Anne Hoggett: Platydoris sabulosa about 120 mm long, as found at night on Big Vicki's reef flat, Lizard Island

©Anne Hoggett: Under side of Platydoris sabulosa at Lizard Island
Kingdom Animalia
Phylum Mollusca
Class Gastropoda
Order Nudibranchia
Family Discodorididae
Genus Platydoris
Species Platydoris sabulosa

Colours

                        

Distinguishing features

Distinguishing features still need to be specified.

Size

  • Size data has not been obtained.

Synonyms

Comments

Dr Bill Rudman (Australian Museum, Sea Slug Forum) notes that this species was described from a single specimen and he is "pretty sure that it is really just a colour form of Platydoris inframaculata" (pers. comm. Dec 2014) but there has been no formal synonymy. He discusses colour variation in Sea Slug Forum (link above).

by Anne Hoggett

Distribution


©Atlas of Living Australia: Australian distribution

Local abundance

  • Lizard Island: Rare. This is the first record of this species at Lizard Island. It is known in Australia only from the mid GBR and the Sunshine Coast (Atlas of Living Australia accessed 12 Dec 2014).

Behaviour

The photographed specimen was found as shown, fully exposed on the reef flat at night during a coral spawning event (11 Dec 2014).

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