Baptodoris cinnabarina ? from French Mediterranean

February 13, 2009
From: Sandrine Bielecki

Concerning message #22163:

Hi Bill
Here is another specimen for which we need your contribution for identification, it has been suspected to be Baptodoris cinnabarina but I'm not convinced.

Locality: Antibes, 35 m, France, Mediterranee, December 2008. Length: 3 cm. Photographer: Gilles Cavignaux.

Thanks for help
Sandrine Bielecki

sandrine.b3@free.fr

bielecki, S., 2009 (Feb 13) Baptodoris cinnabarina ? from French Mediterranean. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22174

Note added 2 March 2009: This is possibly Discodoris rosi. See message #22302.

Dear Sandrine,

I am not an expert on Mediterranean species but I think Baptodoris cinnabarina is supposed to have whitish rhinophores. Your animal has traces of a median ridge on the mantle and the rhinophore and gills pockets are bordered with a whitish pattern, so it could be Carminodoris boucheti.

Hopefully someone with knowledge of the Mediterranean fauna can help us identify your animal.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2009 (Feb 13). Comment on Baptodoris cinnabarina ? from French Mediterranean by Sandrine Bielecki. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22174

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