Eubranchus? from Massachusetts
April 8, 2002
From: Alan Shepard
Bill -
I really need help on the ID of this nudibranch. I took the photo on February 24, 2002 at Folly Cove in Gloucester, Massachusetts, USA in approximately 20 feet of water. The nudibranch is about 5 mm long.
I have never encountered this one before and I was particularly taken by the light blue tips to the cerata. I tried looking through Bleakney's book but it's not helping or I'm missing something.
Thanks,
Alan Shepard
alan.shepard@po.state.ct.us
Shepard, A., 2002 (Apr 8) Eubranchus? from Massachusetts. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/6658Dear Alan,
I am pretty sure this is a species of Eubranchus, perhaps E. exiguus, but this group are quite difficult to identify to species without local knowledge. Hopefully someone with a knowledge of the North Atlantic fauna will recognise it
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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