Lobiger souverbii from the east Pacific

December 8, 2009
From: Kevin Lee

One more ulta-cryptic slug, L. souverbii, found by Eagle Eyes Ali. One of the parapodial lobes seems to be missing.

Locality: Mismaloya Beach, Puerto Vallarta, 25fsw, Mexico, East Pacific, 03 July 2009, Rocky Reef. Length: 3/8 inch. Photographer: Kevin Lee.

K:-)

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Lee, Kevin, 2009 (Dec 8) Lobiger souverbii from the east Pacific. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22938

Dear Kevin,

By coincidence I have just posted a message [#22944] concerning Lobiger from eastern Australia, and as I discuss there, it seems to me there are still unanswered questions concerning whether the Caribbean L. souverbii and the Indo-West Pacific L. viridis are the same or different species. if your animal was from the Caribbean I would have no hesitation in identifying it as L. souverbii as that name was based on Caribbean animals and is older than L. viridis.

However if they turn out to be separate species we have the added complication that East Pacific animal  could be either species, as a number of tropical American species occur on both sides of the Panama Isthmus, and a number of West Pacific species have been reported from the east Pacific coast of central America.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2009 (Dec 8). Comment on Lobiger souverbii from the east Pacific by Kevin Lee. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22938

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