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Opisthobranch records from the Azores

February 23, 1999
From: Sergio Avila

Hello there

I am just finishing a paper concerning the biogeographical analysis of the shallow-water marine molluscs of the Azores and I needed help about the geographic distribution of the following species in the selected sites (see below):

The opisthobtranchs I am interested in are:

Elysia ornata (Swainson, 1840) = what is the actual name for this species?
Placida verticillata Ortea, 1981
Tambja ceutae Garcia-Gomez & Ortea, 1988
Fiona pinnata (Eschscholtz, 1831)
Aeolidiella sanguinea (Norman, 1877)

The sites are:
SCA - Scandinavian;
BEL - Belgium
BRI - British isles
BIS - Biscay gulf down to Galiza
POR - Portugal mainland
MED - Mediterranean
MOR - Morocco and Mauritania
MAD - Madeira, Porto Santo, Desertas and Selvagens CAN - Canary islands
CAP - Cape Vert archipelago
ASC - Ascension island
STH - Saint Helena
CAR - Caribbean

Many thanks by all the help

Sergio Avila
Department of Biology
Marine Biology Section
University of the Azores
9500 Ponta Delgada
AZORES
PORTUGAL
http://www.uac.pt/db/bmarinha/sa/molazores.html

avila@alf.uac.pt

Avila, S., 1999 (Feb 23) Opisthobranch records from the Azores. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/608

Molluscs from the Azores

February 18, 1999
From: Sérgio Ávila

Hello Bill
Thank you for your interest. As soon as my article about the shallow-water marine molluscs of the Azores be published, I will put an on-line version in my web-page. Included will be the Gastropoda and the Bivalvia.

Best wishes,

Sérgio

Sérgio Ávila
Departament of Biology
Marine Biology Section
University of the Azores
9500 Ponta Delgada
AZORES
PORTUGAL
http://www.uac.pt/db/bmarinha/sa/molazores.html

avila@alf.uac.pt

Avila, S., 1999 (Feb 18) Molluscs from the Azores. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/583

Philine from Azores

February 11, 1999
From: Sergio Avila

Hi there

I have collected at São Miguel, Azores (North Atlantic) at about 14m, a white/translucent shell, protoconch yellowish, (4mm x 2mm) that I tentatively identified as Philine desmotis Watson, 1897 (CEPHALASPIDEA: PHILINIDAE). (My picture at right).
In the Azores and according to Mikkelsen (1995), there are 6 species of Philine reported:
P. approximans Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896
P. azorica Bouchet, 1975
P.? lima Brown, 1827
P. monilifera Bouchet, 1975
P. quadrata (S. Wood, 1839)
P. rugulosa Dautzenberg & Fischer, 1896.

P. azorica is reported to be a shallow-water species, but I have no pictures of it. Can anybody give me a help?
Thanks.

Best wishes,

Sergio

Dr. Sergio Avila
Departament of Biology
Marine Biology Section
University of the Azores
9500 Ponta Delgada
AZORES
PORTUGAL
http://www.uac.pt/db/bmarinha/sa/molazores.html

avila@alf.uac.pt

Avila, S., 1999 (Feb 11) Philine from Azores. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/556

Re: Opisthobranchs from the Azores

February 3, 1999
From: Erwin Koehler

Dear Bill,
Peter Wirtz published a paper:
"Opisthobranch Molluscs from the Azores - Achterkieuwige slakken (Opisthobranchia) van de Azoren"
available from Vita Marina (E-mail to spirula@wxs.nl) 45(1-2): 1-16 for 6 US$ if you pay VISA or Euro/MasterCard, else + 7 US$.
Vita Marina
P.O. Box 64628
2506 CA Den Haag
Nederland
This paper shows 33 species in colour photos taken at the Azores and gives a summary of the Opisthobranchs recorded from this archipelago to date (46 cephalaspids, 2 sacoglossans, 3 anaspids, 2 pleurobranchomorphs, 2 umbraculomorphs and 29 nudibranchs.
Erwin

E.Koehler@deutschepost.de

Koehler, E., 1999 (Feb 3) Re: Opisthobranchs from the Azores. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/532

Thanks Erwin.

Opisthobranchs fron the Azores

February 1, 1999
From: Sergio Avila

Hello

I'm working at the University of the Azores. I was wondering if there is anybody in this forum, that might have published data (preferably) about opistobranch species occurring here in the Azores (middle Atlantic Ocean). I can provide my list of confirmed species.

Best wishes

Sergio Avila
Departamento de Biologia
Biologia Marinha
Universidade dos Açores
9500 Ponta Delgada
AZORES
PORTUGAL
http://www.uac.pt/db/bmarinha/sa/molazores.html

avila@uac.pt

Avila, S., 1999 (Feb 1) Opisthobranchs fron the Azores. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/523

Dear Sergio,
I would be happy to put a list of of Azores opisthobranchs on the Forum.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.