Hypselodoris from Malta

February 14, 2007
From: Patricia Peels

Dear Bill,
Going through my photos I've come across quite a few which are not clearly identified. Could you please help me out? I'm pretty sure it's some kind of Hypselodoris.

Locality: Cirkewwa, 20 m, Malta, Mediterranean, 30 May 2005, wall. Length: 10 mm. Photographer: Patricia Peels.

Thanks for your help
Patricia

gmpeels@nextgen.net.mt

Peels, P., 2007 (Feb 14) Hypselodoris from Malta. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19451

Dear Patricia,

It looks like Hypselodoris tricolor but usually there are signs of white patches on each side of mantle, and white on the gills. It is also quite like juveniles of H. orsinii but in that species the yellow/white line around the mantle edge is submarginal not marginal, and the mantle doesn't have the anterior end of the mantle widened as in these photos.

Hopefully someone with local knowledge can help us with an identification. These blue chromodorids from the Mediterranean are quite difficult

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Feb 14). Comment on Hypselodoris from Malta by Patricia Peels. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19451

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Unidentified - Europe, Mediterranean, West Africa

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