Costasiella from Belize

October 12, 2002
From: Dave Behrens


Dear Bill,
We have had this Costasiella from Lark Cay, Belize, in the Caribbean for years. We called it Costasiella liliana. I notice that it is listed as Costasiella ocellifera in Redfern (2001). Can one of our sacoglossid experts clear this one up? Photo is by Jeff Hamann.

Dave Behrens

Dave@seachallengers.com

Behrens, D., 2002 (Oct 12) Costasiella from Belize. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/8151

Dear Dave
Clark (1984) proposed that Costasiella lilianae (Marcus & Marcus, 1969), originally described from Brasil, is a synonym of Costasiella ocellifera. I do not know if it is important, but in the colour description of C. lilianae I can see no mention of the characteristic 'ocelli' or blue eye spot behind the rhinophores. Other aspects of the colour pattern are identical.
Cheers,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (Oct 12). Comment on Costasiella from Belize by Dave Behrens. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/8151

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