Philinopsis gardineri from Reunion Island

December 1, 2006
From: Philibert Bidgrain


Concerning message #15398:

Dear Bill,
We found three specimens of this species in Kelonia Center (a Marine Turtle Center).These specimens have a rounded anterior body margin and a protruding bubble shaped head, not truncated like in P. cyanea.
What's your opinion about these specimens?

Locality: Saint Leu, Reunion Island, Indian Ocean, 27 November 2006. Length: 20 to 45 mm. Photographer: Philibert Bidgrain and fFrançois Beudard.

Last year, I send you a photo of P cyanea egg mass, with a characteristic sausage-shaped structure [#15333]. Have you got any information about P gardineri egg mass?

Philibert Bidgrain
http://vieoceane.free.fr/runseaslug/indexslug.htm

pbidgrain@yahoo.fr

Bidgrain, P., 2006 (Dec 1) Philinopsis gardineri from Reunion Island. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/18703

Dear Philibert,

As I said last year [message #15435], the high rounded bump on the head is a sure sign this is Philinopsis gardineri rather than P. cyanea. It is interesting to see animals with the yellow marks on the body. I can't  recall seeing specimens of this species with such marks before, usually it is a uniform dark blue-black.

I would certainly be interested in photos of the egg mass of this species. We don't have any information on it.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Dec 1). Comment on Philinopsis gardineri from Reunion Island by Philibert Bidgrain. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/18703

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