Re: Elysia hirasei? from India

November 3, 2009
From: Vishal Bhave

Dear Bill
Today I got a swarm of Sacoglossans on a bed of green algae Chaetomorpha cf. media about 60 animals in and area of about  30 cm x10 cm X 15 cm (shape is cliff like).

Locality: Mirya, Maharashtra, India (towards open sea, surf beaten Area) on a bed of Chaetomorpha Size of animal ranges from 06 mm to 18 mm. October 2009

Head has characteristic 3 black lines between rhinophores and eye spot and anterior end of mantle flaps. Also between those three lines there is bright orange spot

Vishal Bhave.

vishalbhave@gmail.com

Bhave, V., 2009 (Nov 3) Re: Elysia hirasei? from India. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22738

Dear Vishal Bhave,

The only species of Elysia I know with similar black lines is Elysia hirasei which was originally described from Japan but we have records on the Forum from Hong Kong and Thailand. The bright orange spot in your Indian animals has not been reported before, but perhaps it is a geographical variation? It woud be intersting to have Kathe Jensens' opinion

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2009 (Nov 3). Comment on Re: Elysia hirasei? from India by Vishal Bhave. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22738

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