Elysia papillosa from Belize
October 21, 2002
From: David Behrens
Note added 4 March 2004: According to Kathe Jensen [see message #10846] this is Elysia subornata.
Bill:
While enjoying your fantastic inventory of sacoglossids from around the world, I thought you would like to add two of Jeff Hamann's great photos to the Fact Sheet for Elysia papillosa Verrill, 1901. Jeff and I collected both of these specimens at Ranguana Cay, Belize, Central America.
Dave Behrens
dave@seahallengers.com
Behrens, D., 2002 (Oct 21) Elysia papillosa from Belize. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/8204
Thanks Dave,
This is a nice addition to the Forum. Jeff's photos certainly show the external features that Kerry Clark considered characteristic of this species, including the papillae and the dark brown line along the parapodial edge in larger animals. I am sure we will only make sense of this group of animals when we have a better idea of their colour variation. There is not much point in knowing the anatomy of decolourised carcases if we can't tie the anatomy to living shapes and colour patterns.
By the way, is the algae I have enlarged from Jeff's photo Penicillus?
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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