Re: Eubranchus linensis from Portugal

March 30, 2009
From: Bernard Picton

Concerning message #20732:

Hi Bill,

I was just reading this and realised you asked me a question. Only about a year and a half late!

The molecular studies were by Christine Morrow and led on to the description of Doto sarsiae and Doto hydrallmaniae, which was published in MEPS, 84. (online here http://www.int-res.com/abstracts/meps/v84/ )

The work on Eubranchus was really a negative result, so not published! I agree with your comments about using some DNA sequencing as that was done with allozymes.

Looking at the pictures I do think E. linensis is different to any variety of E. farrani I've ever seen, and the E. farrani colour varieties are often in a big group feeding and mating together, so must be colour varieties, I think.

Bernard

bernard.picton@nmni.com

Picton, B. E., 2009 (Mar 30) Re: Eubranchus linensis from Portugal. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22369

Thanks Bernard,

Answers are always welcome - even after a year and a half.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2009 (Mar 30). Comment on Re: Eubranchus linensis from Portugal by Bernard Picton. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/22369

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