Re: Eubranchus olivaceus?
May 30, 2003
From: Alan Shepard
NOTE added 14 July 2003: Following Jeff Goddard's message suggesting that E. olivaceus is a synonym of Eubranchus rupium, I have re-identified these east coast animals as E. rupium. - Bill Rudman
Bill -
Thanks for the information and comments concerning the photo of Eubranchus olivaceus or 'Aeolis despecta'. You asked when I had observed the creature in question. The photo was taken on May 4, 2003. I had also observed the same nudibranch in early April, 2002. I have to agree the nudibranch I photographed does indeed match the color plate from Gould.
Thanks for all the research you did on the this.
Sincerely,
Alan Shepard
Tolland, CT, USA
alan.chepard@snet.net
Shepard, A., 2003 (May 30) Re: Eubranchus olivaceus?. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10081Thanks Alan,
Just to clarify. The name Gould used - Aeolis despecta - is not available for this animal. Gould identified his animals with an animal from the UK which Johnstone had named Aeolis despecta but is now considered a synonym of Tergipes tergipes. One possibility is that your animal is a very large Tergipes tergipes, but if so, it is certainly much larger than European animals. Otherwise it probably needs a new name. But first its teeth need to be looked at so we have some idea what family it belongs to.
Bill Rudman
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