Diaphorodoris papillata from Caeserea, Israel

June 6, 2006
From: Matan Ninio


Hi Bill,

I can't recall ever seeing this, so I figured you may want the images. We are getting an unusal flow of unusual slugs in the Mediterranean.

Locality: Caesarea, 7 m, Israel, Mediterranean Sea, 31 May, 2006, rocky reef. Length: 15 mm. Photographer: Yousai.

Matan Ninio

matan@forumhasofiot.yam.dive.ninio.org

Ninio, M., 2006 (Jun 6) Diaphorodoris papillata from Caeserea, Israel. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16787

Dear Matan,
I wondered if you shared your time between the Red Sea and the Mediterranean.  It's quite a coincidence getting two messages, from opposite ends of the Mediterranean, about Diaphorodoris papillata [see message #16760].  I may be wrong but I think this species has only been reported from the western Mediterranean before, so this could be an interesting find.

It is reported to feed on encrusting bryozoans, and I suspect the brownish - orange object in your photos is just such an encrusting bryozoan.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Jun 6). Comment on Diaphorodoris papillata from Caeserea, Israel by Matan Ninio. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16787

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