Polycera aurantiomarginata from Tunisia

April 19, 2003
From: Anis

Dear Bill,
I'm from Tunisia, North Africa. I found a number of nudibranchs in a coastal lagoon, in Tunis called "Lac de Tunis". Depth: 0 to 1m. They were found between January - March 2003.

Can you identify them please.
Thanks,
Anis.

Anis, 2003 (Apr 19) Polycera aurantiomarginata from Tunisia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/9706

Dear Anis,
Welcome to the Forum. Could you please send an email to me at billr@seaslugforum.net. The email address you sent does not work and I can't work out what the error is.

I have split your photos up into separate species which I will post over the next few days. These are the first opisthobranchs on the Forum from Tunisia and contain some quite interesting records. This species is Polycera aurantimarginata. One of the main colour features distinguishing this species is the yellow line just in from the edge of the foot. It is not very clear in your photo, looking more orange or brown. suspect the egg ribbon in your photo belongs to the animal as well. This species has been found from Spain down the coast of Africa to Namibia. I can't find any record of it from within the Mediterranean, so this could be the first Mediterranean record. I am sure one of our colleagues will be able to let us know.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (Apr 19). Comment on Polycera aurantiomarginata from Tunisia by Anis. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/9706

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