Gastropteron rubrum from Greece

June 1, 2010
From: Dimitris Poursanidis

A friend of mine found and photographed this some days ago.

I have never seen it (and from the literature I cannot find out what it is)

Any idea?

Locality: Patra, Greece. Photographer: Milionis Costas

Dimitris Poursanidis

dpoursanidis@gmail.com

Dimitris Poursanidis, 2010 (Jun 1) Gastropteron rubrum from Greece. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/23703

Dear Dimitris,

This is the spectacular Gastropteron rubrum. If you look at the species Fact Sheet and the earlier messages attached to it, you will see that it is able to swim like a little butterfly. Unfortunately we know very little about the biology of Gastropteron or any of its close relatives.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2010 (Jun 1). Comment on Gastropteron rubrum from Greece by Dimitris Poursanidis. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/23703

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