Pleurobranchus atlanticus from Florida

September 20, 2007
From: Jay Wilmar

Hello,
I came across this animal in shallow intertidal waters on South Florida's Atlantic coast. Not sure what it is an I was hoping someone can assist in identifying these?

Locality: channel, 3 feet, Florida, USA, Atlantic Ocean, 8 september 2007, intertidal. Length:  1 inch. Photo: Jay Wilmar

Jay Wilmar

 

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Wilmar, J., 2007 (Sep 20) Pleurobranchus atlanticus from Florida. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20751

Dear Jay,

This is Pleurobranchus atlanticus. For those of you with the new Caribbean book, Caribbean Sea Slugs, this species is identified there as P. crossei. As I have discussed in an earlier message [#18917], I don't agree with that decision.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Sep 20). Comment on Pleurobranchus atlanticus from Florida by Jay Wilmar. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20751

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