Re: Aplysia fasciata and A. punctata from Antibes
November 28, 2007
From: Dominique Horst
Concerning message #17002:
Hello Bill,
Following your last answer and as regards the opening of the parapodia, this should be Aplysia fasciata. But there is no red border and many white spots ?
Could you confirm the identification as A.fasciata?
Locality: Antibes Cape, 5m, France, Mediterranean sea, 11 October 2007. Length: 5 cm. Photographer: Dominique Horst (photos 1-2) & Eric Poisson (photo 3).
Many thanks and kind regards,
Dom.
dominique.horst@wanadoo.fr
Horst, D., 2007 (Nov 28) Re: Aplysia fasciata and A. punctata from Antibes. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21050
Dear Dom,
I don't want to set myself up as an expert on Eurpean sea hares, as photos can be misleading, but I suspect this is A. depilans rather than A. fasciata. Both can have white blotches on their body but A. depilans also has the dark lines formed in a reticluate pattern.
More impotrtantly, if you look at the photo alonmgside you can see that the two parapodia form quite a high wall in the posterior midline
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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