Polycera faeroensis from Guernsey - revisited

July 23, 2003
From: Richard Lord

Dear Bill
I received this Polycera from one of Clive Brown's crab pots off the South coast of Guernsey [Channel Ids, UK] on July 10, 2003 [see earlier message]. I believe, based primarily on pigmentation, that it is Polycera faeroensis but I am wondering if it could be Polycera quadrilineata because of the few oral veil processes. Have some been 'bitten off?'
Richard Lord

fishinfo@guernsey.net

Lord, R., 2003 (Jul 23) Polycera faeroensis from Guernsey - revisited. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10476

Dear Richard
I'm pretty sure this is P. faeroensis. It lacks yellow spots and has at least 6 mantle 'tentacles' and hints of another three. P. quadrilineata usually has 4. Your animal certainly seems to have sustained some damage. It looks like the rhinophores are regrowing - and the left extrabranchial process.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (Jul 23). Comment on Polycera faeroensis from Guernsey - revisited by Richard Lord. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10476

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