Sea Hare from Lochiver, Northwest Scotland
March 28, 2006
From: Colin Robertson
Dear Bill,
In August 2005 I found a large sea slug in a rockpool in northwest Scotland. I have not been able to identify it. I have often explored rockpools at low tide and this was a first. Photographed with standard film camera (35 to 70 mm), above water, as close as possible without falling in. I am sending separately two pictures of the lovely animal, plus a picture of the shore location. The rockpool was at top left of shore picture, in low rockpools exposed at low tide, in shallow water with plenty of sunlight and algae present. The water was under a foot deep, from memory. The slug from 3 to 4 inches long, bearing in mind image distortion air/water.
Locality: Clachtoll beach, Lochinver, north west Scotland, estimated at a foot, from memory, Scotland, UK, Atlantic ocean, 22 August 2005, shallow rock pool by edge of sandy beach, natural location. Length: estimated at 3 to 4 inches, from memory. Photographer: Colin Robertson.
Glad of any advice.
Best wishes,
Colin Robertson
crobrtsn@pt.lu
Robertson,C.D., 2006 (Mar 28) Sea Hare from Lochiver, Northwest Scotland. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16185Dear Colin,
This is a species of Sea Hare. From the way its parapodia are joined quite high at the back, and its size, I guess this is Aplysia punctata. If you go to the General Topics List you will find a section with pages on many aspects of Sea Hare biology
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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