Elysia mercieri from Guam

September 14, 2005
From: Clay Carlson & Patty Jo Hoff


Bill,
Concernng message #14705:
Here are a couple of Elysia mercieri if you wish to use them. We have
recorded the beast from Guam, Rota, Tinian and Saipan in the Marianas; and in the other Micronesian areas of Palau, Pohnpei and The Marshalls.

Upper Photo: El 012_2 , 4mm; Guam, Bile Bay, reef flat; 25 October 1976.
Lower Photo: El 012_3. ~2.5mm; Guam, Bile Bay, boat channel; 18 May 1970

Clay & Patty Jo

ccarlson@kuentos.guam.net

Carlson, C. & Hoff, PJ, 2005 (Sep 14) Elysia mercieri from Guam. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/14746

Dear Clay & Patty Jo,
Thanks for these photos. I wonder if there is more than one of these papillate species. Your looks a bit different from the one I have seen in New Caledonia and Julie Marshall has photographed at Heron Island [message #6710]. I am not sure what to make of Elysiobranchus ryukyuensis Ichikawa, 1993, but it seems to be part of the same group. Perhaps it is one species in which the papillae are quite variable in development.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2005 (Sep 14). Comment on Elysia mercieri from Guam by Clay Carlson & Patty Jo Hoff. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/14746

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