Re: Polycera aurantiomarginata from Tunisia

April 22, 2003
From: Juan Lucas Cervera.

Dear Anis and Bill,
Definitely, this species this species is Polycera aurantiomarginata. There are two early Mediterranean recors of this species but always from southern Spain:
• Templado, J., Luque, A. & Moreno, D. 1988.- Nuevas aportaciones al conocimiento de los opistobranquios del sureste español. Iberus, 8(1): 15-23.
• Sanhez Tocino, L., Ocana, A. & Garcia, J.F. 2000. - Contribución al conocimiento de los moluscos opistobranquios de la costa de Granada (sureste de la Península Ibérica). Iberus, 18(1): 1-14.

This species is also included in the Ocaña et al's book Guia de Invertebrados No Artropodos (2000), but is the same specimen as recorded by Sanchez-Tocino et al (2000).

On the other hand, let me correct a mistake about the distribution of this species introduced by me in an earlier message. I misunderstood the distribution supplied by Valles et al (2000), interpreting that P. aurantiomarginata was found also in Namibia. This is wrong. One of the localities in this paper was Praia Amelia (Namibe Province) from Angola, NOT Namibia. So, the southermost record of this species is from Angola.
I'm sorry.
Regards.
Lucas.

lucas.cervera@uca.es

Thanks Lucas,
I wasn't sure whether to consider the southern Spain records as 'in' the Mediterranean or 'in the doorway'. That is I didn't know whether Mediterranean biologists consider animals loitering at the entrance to the Mediterranean to be truly part of the Mediterranean fauna. Concerning the 'Namibia' record it's my mistake too. I checked your reference and assumed 'Namibe' must be Spanish for Namibia.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (Apr 22). Comment on Re: Polycera aurantiomarginata from Tunisia by Juan Lucas Cervera.. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/9743

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