Pleurobranchus garciagomezi from Cape Verde Ids

August 19, 2003
From: Gérard Breton

Hello !
Between 22 - 30 March 2003 I dived at two islands of the Cape Verde archipelago: Sal and Fogo. Among my slides I have several opisthobranchs, which I would like confirmed.

This one is of Pleurobranchus garciagomezi.

Locality: Fereno, Sal. It is rather common in the south of Sal island on rocks, between 15 and 20m depth.

Best wishes.
Gérard Breton

Gerard.Breton@ville-lehavre.fr

Breton, G., 2003 (Aug 19) Pleurobranchus garciagomezi from Cape Verde Ids. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10754

Dear Gérard,
Thanks for this record of P. garciagomezi. Considering what large geographic distributions most species of pleurobranch have, it is strange how this species seems to be restricted to a few eastern Atlantic islands.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (Aug 19). Comment on Pleurobranchus garciagomezi from Cape Verde Ids by Gérard Breton. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10754

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