Bosellia mimetica from Spain

October 5, 2000
From: Daco


I would like to send you an image of Bosellia mimetica.

size: <1cm
depth: 5 m
date: 16.9.2000
country: Spain
village: L'Escala
divesite: Illa Mateua; night dive

Cordialment
Daco

daco@iponet.es

Daco, 2000 (Oct 5) Bosellia mimetica from Spain. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3107

Dear Daco,
Thanks very much for the photo. In general shape, Bosellia looks quite like Elysiella pusilla which also feeds on species of Halimeda. They both have a very flattened body, probably as a form of camouflage. The late Eveline Marcus told me she considered Bosellia to be her favourite genus. I suspect this was because Bosellia looks quite like the outline of a cat, with which she often used to decorate her letters. She was very disappointed that I could never send her species of Bosellia from the Indo-West Pacific, but apart from unverified reports from South Africa and the Red Sea, I don't think any species of Bosellia has been found outside the Atlantic.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2000 (Oct 5). Comment on Bosellia mimetica from Spain by Daco. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3107

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