Seaslug

Rob Stewart, Nascent Inter-Ridge Volcanic & Neotectonic Activity voyage.

The grey side-gilled seaslug, Pleurobranchea maculata (Quoy & Gaimard, 1832) collected from Rumble V Seamount on the Kermadec Ridge at 405 m. Its collection locality is quite out of the normal range for this species so its identity needs to be confirmed with genetic studies.