Other Aplysia parvula from Senegal

July 8, 2003
From: Marina Poddubetskaia

Dear Bill,
Here are some more photos of the species you previously identified as Aplysia parvula.
In the first photo there are 2 specimens mating, so it proves to me that these small sea-hares are adult. In the other photos there is a specimen with different colour tinge. It gives us a good idea of local colour range.

Upper Photo: Dakar, Senegal, Eastern Atlantic. Site: Banc du Seminole., Depth: 26m. May 27, 2003. Size: 30mm
Lower Photos: Dakar, Senegal, Eastern Atlantic. Site: Tacoma Wreck, Depth: 11m., June 06, 2003. Size: 35mm. Photos: Marina Poddubetskaia - Nembro website

Best wishes,
Marina.

nembro@nembro.info

Poddubetskaia, M., 2003 (Jul 8) Other Aplysia parvula from Senegal. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10382

Thanks Marina,
Yes this is the species I have identified earlier as Aplysia parvula. Unfortunately I an't see the mantle foramen in any of your photos. If you have a photo showing this it would be useful. As you can see in Dong Bum Koh's photo from Korea, in A. parvula the foramen is very large.

I meant to mention before that Pruvot-Fol (1953) illustrated this colour form from Senegal and proposed a new species name Aplysia vistosa [37-8, Plate 1, figs 15, 17] for it. So if it does prove distinct from A. parvula there is a name waiting for it.

PHOTO: Aplysia vistosa - Plate 1, figs 15, 17, Pruvot-Fol, 1953.

• Pruvot-Fol, A. (1953) Etude de quelques opisthobranches de la cote Atlantique du Maroc et du Senegal. Travaux de l'Institute Scientifique Cherifien, Zoologie, 5: 1-105. (Pls. 1-3)

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (Jul 8). Comment on Other Aplysia parvula from Senegal by Marina Poddubetskaia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10382

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