Doriopsilla areolata from Portugal?

May 16, 2006
From: David Abecasis


Hi Bill,

I'm sending what I believe to be two different colour patterns of Doriopsilla areolata.

Locality: Praia do Burgau, Lagos, 8 metres, Portugal, Atlantic Ocean, 30 April 2006, wreck in sandy bottom. Photographer: David Abecasis.

Best wishes,
David Abecasis

davidbecas@netcabo.pt

Abecasis, D., 2006 (May 16) Doriopsilla areolata from Portugal?. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16513

Dear David,
I am sure these are both colour forms of D. areolata. The Indo-West Pacific species. D. miniata, has a very similar colour pattern and same range of colour variation. If it were not from their different developement strategies [see message #10469] I would suspect they were the same species.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (May 16). Comment on Doriopsilla areolata from Portugal? by David Abecasis. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16513

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