Elysia papillosa from Cape Verde Islands

August 26, 2003
From: Gérard Breton


Dear Bill,
Here is another message from my dive trip between 22 - 30 March 2003 to two islands of the Cape Verde archipelago: Sal and Fogo.

Here are some photos of Elysia papillosa from Sal, Palmeira natural harbour, - 1m, grazing on tiny filamentous algae and diatoms.

Gérard Breton

Gerard.Breton@ville-lehavre.fr

Breton, G., 2003 (Aug 26) Elysia papillosa from Cape Verde Islands. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10757

Thanks Gerard,
It certainly looks like E. papillosa from the Caribbean, but as we have recently seen with Elysia tomentosa there are a number of species with papillae like this and identifying them is quite a problem. Perhaps Kathe Jensen will be able to confirm the identification for us
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (Aug 26). Comment on Elysia papillosa from Cape Verde Islands by Gérard Breton. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10757

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