Hypselodoris cantabrica? from Portugal

September 13, 2005
From: David Abecasis

To accompany my other message [#14740] here are two animals mating and laying eggs. Again I'm not sure if these ones are also Hypselodoris malacitana or H. cantabrica. As they are laying eggs I thought it could be interesting.

Locality: Faro, Portugal. Depth: 10 m. 12 July 2005. Photographer: David Abecasis

Best wishes,
David Abecasis

davidbecas@netcabo.pt

Abecasis, D.A., 2005 (Sep 13) Hypselodoris cantabrica? from Portugal. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/14741

Thanks David,
As I said in your other message I now think this is Hypselodoris cantabrica. As to it laying eggs. They certainly aren't at the moment your photo was taken as they can't mate and lay eggs at the same time. However the egg ribbon certainly looks like one in an earlier message [#12746].
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2005 (Sep 13). Comment on Hypselodoris cantabrica? from Portugal by David Abecasis. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/14741

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