Doriopsilla areolata from the Mediterranean
August 13, 2002
From: Patrick Heurtaux
Dear Bill,
Here are two photos of a mediterranean dorid that I can't identify....
I found this slug at Llafranc (Mediterranean coast of Spain), in June, at 14m deep, and it was hidden under a Codium. The size is 20mm. The only other time than I saw this dorid was in 1994, under a stone at Cerbere (France), 10m deep.
Best regards
Patrick Heurtaux
pheurtau@club-internet.fr
Heurtaux, P., 2002 (Aug 13) Doriopsilla areolata from the Mediterranean. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/7660Dear Patrick,
I am pretty sure this is Doriopsilla areolata. Usually it has a reticulate pattern of thin white lines on the mantle but sometimes all that can be seen of the pattern is this arrangement of irregular white rings around some of the low tubercles. It is very similar externally to the Indo-West Pacific species D. miniata.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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