Eubranchus pallidus from Maine, USA
October 5, 2003
From: Alan Shepard
Dear Bill -
I had the opportunity to head back to Eastport, Maine and do some more diving and was able to capture a photograph of a juvenile Eubranchus pallidus.
I was not sure of the identification as the coloration did not match any photos I had seen. However since Bernard Picton mentions in his book A Field Guide to the Nudibranchs of the British Isles that Alder & Hancock had a very pale individual as their type specimen, hence the name "pallidus", I thought I might also just have found a pale specimen. Not being sure I sent it to Dr. Larry Harris of the University of New Hampshire. He concurred that it indeed was a juvenile E. pallidus. This individual was at most 7mm long and was found in approximately 12m of water.
Best wishes,
Alan Shepard
Tolland, CT, USA
alan.chepard@snet.net
Shepard, A., 2003 (Oct 5) Eubranchus pallidus from Maine, USA. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/11068Thanks Alan,
Bill Rudman
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