Aeolids from Bahia de Banderas

April 26, 2002
From: Alicia Hermosillo

Dear Dr. Rudman,
As of now, I have 12 unidentified aeolids, 1 dorid and 1 dendronotacean in my survey.

I am sending you pictures of one of them. I found it 17 feet deep in Playa Mismaloya, Bahia de Banderas, Pacific Coast of Mexico on April 6th. It was 7 mm long and next to another smaller one 5 mm long.

Can you identify it? I will be sending you pictures of my other difficult ones to see if anyone around can help me out.
Thanks and best regards
Ali

gueri25@hotmail.com

Hermosillo, A., 2002 (Apr 26) Aeolids from Bahia de Banderas. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/6753

Dear Ali,
The rounded anterior corners to the foot suggest it may be a species of Cuthona, but we will need some local expertise, or a look at its anatomy, to have much idea about its identity. With luck the "East Pacific - unidentified page won't get too large.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Factsheet

Cuthona sp. 9