Re: First record of Eubranchus vittatus in Norway
August 8, 2005
From: Bernard Picton
Hi Bill,
Sorry to be a bit absent, I got a grant to work on sponges on Rathlin Island and employ someone on the project so have been concentrating on that. We've recently had a new network installed and as we've no dedicated IT staff I get pulled into that as well!!
I think these photos in Kåre's message [#14460] represent two species - the upper one is Eubranchus doriae in my opinion, certainly an interesting find so far North. The others I'd call Eubranchus vittatus which (as you say) I consider to be a senior synonym of E. cingulatus. E. doriae has rings of bumps on the cerata which are clearly shown in this picture, whilst the cerata of E. vittatus have a series of dark rings but are essentially fusiform, like a thin cigar.
Bernard Picton
bernard.picton@magni.org.uk
Picton, B.E., 2005 (Aug 8) Re: First record of Eubranchus vittatus in Norway. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/14495
Dear Bernard,
Thanks for the comments. I can see the animal in the upper photo, which I copy alongside, has only the two swellings you mention [message #7187] is characteristic of E. doriae. It looks like she may have two new records from Norway.
Locality: The Trondheim fjord, Norway. North East Atlantic. Depth: 26 meters. Length: 1 cm. 25 July 2005. Rocky, current exposed. Photographer: Kåre Telnes
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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