Flabellina affinis? from French Mediterranean

June 29, 2002
From: Marina Poddubetskaia

Dear Bill,
Could you help me to identify this Flabellina, please.
Date: June 07, 2002
Location: Cap Croisette (near Marseille), France
Site: Calanque de Pouars
Depth: 11m
Size: less than 1cm

Best wishes,
Marina.

marina.poddubetskaia@orange-sc.com

Poddubetskaia, M., 2002 (Jun 29) Flabellina affinis? from French Mediterranean. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/7343

Dear Marina,
Hopefully someone will let us know if I am wrong but I think this is Flabelina affinis. I can't see any horizontal ridging on the rhinophores but that could be because it is a juvenile. It differs from the very similar looking Flabellina ischitana in having a purple dusting all over the cerata. Though identifying juveniles can be very difficult.
Cheers,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (Jun 29). Comment on Flabellina affinis? from French Mediterranean by Marina Poddubetskaia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/7343

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