Re: Eubranchus farrani? from Portugal

September 14, 2007
From: Juan Lucas Cervera

Concerning message #20642:

Dear Joao Pedro and Bill,
This species is not Eubranchus farrani, but E. linensis García-Gómez, Cervera and García, 1990.

To date this is an uncommon species with a restricted area of distribution: from southern Portugal to the Strait of Gibraltar.

Best.
Lucas.

lucas.cervera@uca.es

Cervera, J.L., 2007 (Sep 14) Re: Eubranchus farrani? from Portugal. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20684

Thanks Lucas,
It certainly makes life difficult when we have a species like E. linensis, which looks just like one of the colour variations of E. farrani, right in the middle of its geographic range. Jim Anderson has a photo [#11240] from Scotland which is almost identical in colour but must surely be E. farrani?.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Sep 14). Comment on Re: Eubranchus farrani? from Portugal by Juan Lucas Cervera. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20684

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