Doris sticta from Guernsey
July 13, 2003
From: Richard Lord
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Dear Bill.
I regular receive opisthobranchs from crab potter Clive Brown who works strings of crab pots along Guernsey's south coast (English Channel, Great Britain (about 49 24 N and 002 38 W)). On June 30, 2003 Clive brought me two Doris sticta that were attached to each other. I placed them in an aquarium and they separated. I photographed the largest of them, which was about 4 cm long. The crab pot they entered was at a depth of 50 metres.
Best wishes,
Richard Lord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
Lord, R., 2003 (Jul 13) Doris sticta from Guernsey. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10401Dear Richard,
Thanks very much for these photos of an animal not yet represented on the Forum. It has a superficial resemblance externally to a species of Halgerda, but the bushy gills and raised rhinophore pockets are rather different. I have included a couple of close-ups to show the gills and rhinophores in a second message. Thanks also for the photos of the other nudibranchs for the crab pots which I will post in the next few days. Am I right in assuming thet are dragged in when the pots are being retrieved from the bottom?
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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