Dolabrifera from Colombia

October 9, 2000
From: Phanor Montoya


Dear Bill:

I think this aplysiid is Aplysia cervina? But I'm not sure. It was collected under rocks from Santa Marta, Colombia. The rinophores are cylindrical. The body is green with some kind of greenish warts brown tipped.

Thanks again.

Phanor Montoya

phamont@eudoramail.com

Monyoya, P., 2000 (Oct 9) Dolabrifera from Colombia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3126

Dear Phanor,
This is Dolabrifera dolabrifera which is found throughout the tropical Indo-West Pacific as well as the Caribbean.

It is much more flattened than a typical Aplysia and there are no large parapodia flaps. One thing you may find if Dolabrifera is around is its egg mass. Unlike the tangled mass of most Sea Hares, illustrated in your earlier message, the egg mass of Dolabrifera is flattened on to a rock or other hard surface. It is doesn't form a spiral but a tightly packed zig-zag pattern.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2000 (Oct 9). Comment on Dolabrifera from Colombia by Phanor Montoya. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3126

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