Placida dendritica from Massachusetts, USA

April 19, 2002
From: Alan Shepard

Bill -
I was recently photographing the sea slugs found on pier pilings in Woods Hole, Massachusetts right in front of the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and I found for the first time Placida dendritica. When I searched for it on the Sea Slug Forum I noticed that you had no photos of it from our area so I'm submitting the one I took.

This one was about 5 millimeters long and was in only 5 meters of water. The most common sea slugs on the pilings were the animal you thought might be Eubranchus exiguus which were laying their eggs on hydroids.

Alan Shepard

alan.chepard@snet.net

Shepard,A., 2002 (Apr 19) Placida dendritica from Massachusetts, USA. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/6747

Dear Alan,
It's nice to get a photo of an animal from the Atlantic. I am sure Cynthia Trowbridge will be pleased. I've decided I better have a separate 'Atlantic Page' in the hope of more photos from both sides of the Atlantic.
Concerning your 'Eubranchus exiguus'. Some more photos, including some egg shots might be useful in its identification. My suggestion about it being E. exiguus was very tentative.
Cheers,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (Apr 19). Comment on Placida dendritica from Massachusetts, USA by Alan Shepard. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/6747

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