Favorinus branchialis from Canary Ids

May 9, 2000
From: Erwin Koehler

Dear Bill,
This photo is from Gran Canaria Island, Canary Ids, off west African coast.
Divesite "Sardina del Norte". Photo by Arthur J. Telle, email: mercedes@idecnet.com

Size about 1 cm, depth 8 m, February 1998.
Erwin

Medslugs.Koehler@t-online.de

Koehler, E., 2000 (May 9) Favorinus branchialis from Canary Ids. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2372

Dear Erwin,
This is Favorinus branchialis which is one of that interesting genus of aeolids which feeds on other opisthobranch egg ribbons. It looks and acts much like the Indo-West Pacific species Favorinus japonicus.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2000 (May 9). Comment on Favorinus branchialis from Canary Ids by Erwin Koehler. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2372

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