Janolus cristatus from Cyprus

May 19, 2006
From: Vasilis Athanasopoulos

Hi Bill,
Here is a Janolus cristatus from Cyprus, Agioi Anargyroi. It seems that this is the most easterly record of this species in the Mediterranean, in the Sea Slug Forum at least. Cape Gkreko is more to the east (a little further east than 34°) than Fethiye Bay, Turkey (at about 28°30').

Locality: Agioi Anargyroi, Cape Gkreko, 10m, Cyprus, Mediterranean, 09 April 2006, algae covered rocks. Length: 5cm. Photographer: Vasilis Athanasopoulos.

Vasilis Athanasopoulos.

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Athanasopoulos, V., 2006 (May 19) Janolus cristatus from Cyprus. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16579

Dear Vasilis,
Thanks for the record and the nice photo. Geographic distributions are as much a record of where people have looked as they are a record of where animals live. I would expect this species to be widespread throughout the Mediterranean.- but it is nice to fill in the remaining gaps.

I have included close-ups to show the strange warty glandular lump between the rhinophores which is called the caruncle [lower left] and two show the narrow digestive gland duct which runs almost to the tip of each ceras before branching [lower right].-

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (May 19). Comment on Janolus cristatus from Cyprus by Vasilis Athanasopoulos. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16579

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