Flabellina ischitana? from French Mediterranean

June 29, 2002
From: Marina Poddubetskaia


Dear Bill,
Could you help me to identify this Flabellina, please.

Date: June 04, 2002
Location: Cap Croisette (near Marseille), France
Site: Pierre qui tramole
Depth: 14m
Size: less than 1cm

+ a close-up of egg-mass (in the foreground on the photo).

Best wishes,
Marina.

marina.poddubetskaia@orange-sc.com

Poddubetskaia, M., 2002 (Jun 29) Flabellina ischitana? from French Mediterranean. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/7344

Dear Marina,
I am pretty sure that this is Flabellina ischitana. It is very similar externally to Flabellina affinis but differs in having transparent or translucent ceratal walls, which allow the digestive gland ducts to be seen quite clearly, as in your photo. The ducts are usually coloured red, orange or yellow. I guess this juvenile hasn't accumulated enough of the right coloured pigment from its food as yet.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (Jun 29). Comment on Flabellina ischitana? from French Mediterranean by Marina Poddubetskaia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/7344

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