'Aglaja evelinae' from Belize

October 11, 2002
From: Dave Behrens

Bill,
Here is another Caribbean critter. We have called this Aglaja evelinae. Humann lists it as Navanax aenigmaticus, which Gosliner (1980)
reported resides on both sides of Panama. Is A. evelinae a junior synonym? Photo from Ranguana Cay, Belize, by Jeff Hamann.

Dave Behrens

dave@seachallengers.com

Behrens, D., 2002 (Oct 11) 'Aglaja evelinae' from Belize. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/8152

Thanks Dave & Jeff,
Terry Gosliner (1980) decided there were no anatomical reasons to separate Aglaja evelinae from the Caribbean from Navanax aenigmaticus from the east Pacific coast. Certainly the photos we have on the Forum from the Caribbean coast of Colombia and the Pacific coast of Costa Rica, match the whitish transverse bands across the body, and the blue spots shown in Jeff's photo from Belize.

I've included a closeup alongside to show the shape of the head and the eyes.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2002 (Oct 11). Comment on 'Aglaja evelinae' from Belize by Dave Behrens. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/8152

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