Re: Flabellina cynara from Peru

November 16, 2005
From: Dave Behrens


Hi Bill:
Concerning message #15249: Katia sent this me also and I ID'd it as Bajaeolis bertschi (see Camacho-Garcia, Gosliner and Valdes, 2005). Externally B. bertschi is close to Flabellina cynara. I am attaching 2 photos (from Behrens and Hermosillo (in press)), one of each species. Both by Alicia Hermosillo, both Puerto Vallarta.

Upper Photo: Bajaeolis bertschi
Lower Photo: Flabellina cynara

Locality: Puerto Vallarta, Mexico. Photographer: Alicia Hermosillo

Dave Behrens

dave@seachallengers.com

Behrens, D., 2005 (Nov 16) Re: Flabellina cynara from Peru. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/15257

Dear Dave (& Ali),
Thanks for the photos. I wondered about B. bertschi but plumped from F. cynara - mainly after looking at Ali's photos on the Forum which have the same white spots [message #6561]. The photo in your message above, of F. cynara shows no white spots but the same shaped animal as Ali's Forum photo. Can you confirm Ali's identification of F. cynara on the Forum? Certainly the long cerata held vertically, fit the image of this species being a swimming aeolid.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2005 (Nov 16). Comment on Re: Flabellina cynara from Peru by Dave Behrens. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/15257

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