Polycera faeroensis, from Belle-isle, Brittany, France

July 7, 2006
From: Stephane Ores

Dear Bill

I saw this nudi, which seems to be Polycera faeroensis

I'm sorry : I don't have better photo showing the head

Locality: Belle-Isle-en-mer, 12 m, Brittany, France, Channel, Atlantic Ocean, 11 june 2005, Good visibility. Length: 15 mm. Photographer: Stephane Ores.

Stephane Ores

stephane.ores@neuf.fr

Ores, S., 2006 (Jul 7) Polycera faeroensis, from Belle-isle, Brittany, France. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16984

Dear Stephane,
I agree with your identification. Although we can't see the head clearly, and so can't see how many tentacles there are on the oral veil, we can see three in just a small section of the left hand side so it is more likely to have 8 or more, as in P. faeroensis, rather than just 4 as in P. quadrilineata. Also in your photo, the right process alongside the gills is flattened and has a bifid tip. In P. faeroensis the lateral process, on either side of the gills, often flattens out even more than this and develops a number of yellow-tipped points along the edge.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Jul 7). Comment on Polycera faeroensis, from Belle-isle, Brittany, France by Stephane Ores. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16984

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