Hermaea variopicta from NW Spain
March 9, 2007
From: Javier Santiago Caamaño
I photographed this nudibranch in Galicia, in the northwest Spain.
Locality: Ria de Muros, 7 metres, Galicia, NW Spain, Atlantic Ocean, August 2001, On a broken piece of laminarian alga. Length: 15 mm. Photographer: Javier Santiago Caamaño.
Can you help me to identify the species?
Thank you very much.
Javier Santiago Caamaño
javisan@edu.xunta.es
Caamaño, J.S., 2007 (Mar 9) Hermaea variopicta from NW Spain. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19629Dear Javier,
Although this looks like a carnivorous aeolid nudibranch, it is in fact the herbivorous sacoglossan sea slug, Hermaea variopicta. Have a look at the Fact Sheet and earlier messages for more information on this species.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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