Doris ocelligera from Arcachon bassin, France

October 29, 2008
From: Michel Barrabés

Concerning message #17678:

Hello,
I see Doris ocelligera seems really rare. I have seen it three times in Bassin d'Arcachon between 1997 and now. It looks like a young Doris verrucosa, but with black spotss at the tips of tubercles, and they are smaller : 20 mm max. They were living on rocky outcrops. Here are two pictures I shot on 17 July 1999 by night at Cap-Ferret, Bassin d'Arcachon, France ( Atlantic coast)

Locality: Chez Hortense, Cap-Ferret, (33950), 5 to 10 meters, Bassin d'Arcachon, France, Atlantic Ocean, 17 July 1999, Artificial rocky support. Length: 10 to 15 mm. Photographer: Michel Barrabés.

Best regards
Michel Barrabés

michel.barrabes@wanadoo.fr

Barrabés, M, 2008 (Oct 29) Doris ocelligera from Arcachon bassin, France. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21978

Dear Michel,

It is nice to see more pictures of this species. Most of the recent records of this dorid are from Italy, so it is interesting to see specimens from the French Atlantic coast.

Best wishes,
Bernard Picton

Picton, B.E., 2008 (Oct 29). Comment on Doris ocelligera from Arcachon bassin, France by Michel Barrabés. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21978

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