Bosellia mimetica from French Mediterranean

July 31, 2002
From: Marina Poddubetskaia

Dear Bill,
There is a photo of Bosellia mimetica on the alga Halimeda tuna, and a close-up of the animal and its egg-ribbon.

Date: July 02, 2002
Location: Cerbere, France [Mediterranean coast]
Site: Cap Negre
Size: animal = 7-8mm / egg-ribbon = 3mm
Photos: Marina Poddubetskaia - Nembro website

Best wishes,
Marina.

nembro@nembro.info

Poddubetskaia, M., 2002 (Jul 31) Bosellia mimetica from French Mediterranean. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/7521

Thanks Marina,
It certainly looks similar to its Indo-West Pacific counterpart, Elysiella pusilla, which also lives and feeds on a species of Halimeda. I don't recall having seen an egg ribbon of E. pusilla however.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (Jul 31). Comment on Bosellia mimetica from French Mediterranean by Marina Poddubetskaia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/7521

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