Dendrodoris from Canary Ids

May 25, 2000
From: Eriwn Koehler

Dear Bill,
Here is a Dendrodoris from Gran Canaria Island, Canary Ids, off west
African coast, divesite "Las Canteras" made by Arthur J. Telle
email: mercedes@idecnet.com

Size ~ 5 cm, depth 3 m, November 1998.

Erwin

Medslugs.Koehler@t-online.de

Koehler, E., 2000 (May 25) Dendrodoris from Canary Ids. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2438

Dear Erwin,
I am not an expert on the Atlantic fauna and according to Valdes, Ortea, Avila & Ballesteros (1996) there is quite a diverse fauna.

From their study I would identify this animal as Dendrodoris grandiflora.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Reference: Valdes, A., Ortea, J., Avila, C. & Ballesteros, M. (1996) Review of the genus Dendrodoris Ehrenberg, 1831 (Gastropoda: Nudibranchia) in the Atlantic Ocean. Journal of Molluscan Studies, 62: 1-31.

Rudman, W.B., 2000 (May 25). Comment on Dendrodoris from Canary Ids by Eriwn Koehler. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2438

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