OKINAWAN
OPISTHOBRANCH OF THE WEEK
Platydoris scabra (Cuvier, 1804) 50mm
Opisthobranch of the Week Data
Taxonomy:
- Order: NUDIBRANCHIA
- Suborder: Doridina
- Family: Platydorididae
Frequency on Okinawa:
Collection Data:
- Individual Collection No: RFB #1810-A
- Location: White Beach (26o17.4'N, 127o55.4'E)
- Date: 31 March, 1987 [16 Mar 84]
- Depth: Intertidal [20~40ft]
- Water temperature at collection depth: Water temp. not recorded; air
temp. ca. 68oF (ca. 20oC)
- Size: TL 50mm [size not recorded for the second collected individual]
- Specimen deposited: Photo only, without specimen
[brackets indicate range for all Okinawa-collected specimens of the species]
Species Account:
Platydoris scabra is considered to be very rare on Okinawa based on the fact that only two specimens have been collected; in all fairness to the preceding comment on rarity, certainly other individuals have been seen and not collected by this
investigator, but the instances were not recorded. Of the two collected individuals, one (the Tengan specimen) was part of a large series of invertebrates collected between 20 & 40ft of water and the size was not recorded.
Page Date: 28 Jul '97
Page Modification Date: 31 Mar '03
Digitally manipulated photo
Copyright © 2003 Robert F. Bolland
