Pleurobranchus sp. e547

This pretty little pleurobranch is so far known from one specimen found in a Halimeda algae patch on a Kwajalein Atoll lagoon reef on 7 September 2008 at a depth of 9m. The animal, which appeared juvenile, measured only 9mm in length. It is possible it grows into something else, but the only other pleurobranch we find with some regularity in the area is Pleurobranchus forskali.

Created 12 September 2008