Yet another Hypselodoris from Portugal

May 5, 2006
From: David Abecasis

Hello Bill,

I wonder if you or any expert from this side of the world can help me with the ID of this Hypselodoris.

Locality: Praia do Burgau, Lagos, 8 metres, Portugal, Atlantic Ocean, 30 April 2006, wreck in sandy bottom. Photographer: David Abecasis.

Many thanks,
David Abecasis

davidbecas@netcabo.pt

Abecasis, D., 2006 (May 5) Yet another Hypselodoris from Portugal. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16516

Dear David,
Hopefully I am gradually learning how to recognise these blue chromodorids. I am pretty sure this is Hypselodoris villafranca. The white lines on the gills and rhinophores are characteristic of that species. There should also be a yellow ring around the gill pocket we can't see if it is present in this photo because the gills are in the way.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (May 5). Comment on Yet another Hypselodoris from Portugal by David Abecasis. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16516

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