Eubranchus misakiensis from British Columbia

May 25, 2002
From: Marli Wakeling

Dear Bill,
I was diving in the Broughton Archipelago on the east coast of Vancouver Island, and once again found a lot of these nudibranchs. Dave Behrens has I.D.'d it as Eubranchus misakiensis, originally from Japan.

Dive Site: Stephanson's Reef, Broughton Archipelago, British Columbia, Canada.
Depth: 45 feet
Length: 5mm
Date: May 18, 2002
Photograph: Marli Wakeling

Marli.

scubamarli@excite.com

Wakeling, M., 2002 (May 25) Eubranchus misakiensis from British Columbia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/7055

Thanks Marli,
As you will see from the other E. misakiensis messages I am posting today, I have decided to bite the bullet and post a number of 'queued' messages about this 'species'. I am not sure if they are all E. misakiensis but hopefully it will encourage further discussion on the topic. It is interesting that the animals in this photo do not have the brown patching which was such a feature of your earlier photos. Perhaps you could check whether this is a variable character, present in some animals and not others? It would also seem from these photo that the brown spots are also optional - or is it just that I can't see them in the specimen in the lower left photo?

The other feature which would be good to know about is whether the front corners of the foot are rounded, or whether they are extended out into short tentacles. In Baba's original description he mentioned tentacular (or angled) anterior foot corners.
Thanks again for the photos,
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (May 25). Comment on Eubranchus misakiensis from British Columbia by Marli Wakeling. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/7055

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