Home Acknowledgments Conventions Glossary Maps References Links Articles Thumbnails Species list Family Next species _______________   Additional Photos   underside   texture   branchia   rhinophores	Platydoris sp. #3   Maximum size:  90 mm. Identification:  This is a firm, flattened dorid intricately blotched with cream and red-brown. The surface of the notum is finely granulose and the cream patches are irregularly elevated. (Note 1) Natural history:  Platydoris sp. #3 is known from only two animals. The Oahu animal was dredged from about 100 m (328 ft). The French Frigate Shoals animal was found in a Halimeda kanaloana bed at scuba depths. When found, it was covered with a thin layer of sand. Distribution:  Oahu and French Frigate Shoals. Taxonomic notes:  This species bears some similarity to Platydoris inframaculata from elsewhere in the Indo-Pacific. It was first recorded in Hawaii from Oahu by Terry Gosliner. Photo:  CP: 90 mm: 2006 CREEF expedition; French Frigate Shoals; Oct. 24, 2006. Observations and comments: Note 1:  Perhaps, the elevated cream patches are glands that produce mucus as an aid to movement through sand?
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