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Bursatella leachii

Blainville, 1817


Suzan Meldonian Ragged Sea hare , Bursatella leachii pleii

Franca Wermuth-Vezzoli What a beautiful creature!

Jesus Alvarez

Ron Silver Where were these photos taken? Possibly Ragged Sea Hare, Bursatella leachii

Jesus Alvarez Ron Silver hello greetings, were taken on 01-11-2013 in Venezuela, Vargas state, bay Chichiriviche Coast

Message posted on Scubashooters.net on 04 Nov 2013
Guido Villani Bursatella leachi - Fusaro Lagoon Naples - 1 m

Carlo M. Cunha Fantastic!

Anne Diver Beautiful Photo! Our Florida (USA) ones look exactly like that!

Lucas CerCur Another good project would to check how many species (or ....subspecies?) are under the name Bursatella leachii?

Gary Cobb Ours here in Australia are exactly the same too! Too bad you can't see the little blue dots.

Lucas CerCur Yes, but....similar specimens from very places located very far between then can be differnt species,.....or not.

Carlo M. Cunha I'm dissecting Burstalella leachi from different localities, I hope bring some results soon as possible.

Lucas CerCur Carlo, but a molecular comparison could complete much more.

Carlo M. Cunha I'll do it. =)

Luis Felipe Skinner Very similar to that one I found at Bocas del Toro (Panama - Caribean)

Enrica Tumino per escludere miei fraintendimenti: con "- 1 m" intendi dire che era ad un metro di profondità?

Message posted on EPAM Nudibranchs on 06 Apr 2013
Deb Aston Is this Bursatella leachii?

Deb Aston Found at 3m depth, 30mm in size

Gary Cobb For sure Deb the blue spots and furry body are a tell tale sign!

Andrew Harring #100?

Deb Aston yep

Andrew Harring CONGRATULATIONS!!

Deb Aston Thanks Andrew

Deb Aston Thanks Gary for the ID confirmation

Mark Farrer Well done on number 100 Deb Aston

Gary Cobb You're very welcome Deb. By the way we all ordered new Waterproof H1 Hybrid drysuits! Can't wait to dive them

Patrik Good You are hardly back home and have already found two new species. With that speed we'll hit 200 soon.

Deb Aston 3 species Patrik, Atys sp., Okenia pellucida and now this one.

Patrik Good So, we'll hit three hundred soon then ;-)

Gary Cobb Sorry it won't happen!

Patrik Good Gary, didn't you know that Ash is producing a nudi DNA creator? If nature can't do it, nudibase will (hurry up, Ash!). Nudibranch piracy at OWI is the last lender of resort. ;-)

Deb Aston Can't resist a troll...... will happen at some stage, may take another year or two. Need to recruit more into the team and it will happen sooner.

Gary Cobb Dreams are wonderful!

Patrik Good The next 150 nudis we'll spot with a nudi detecting boat hull scanning device and the rest will be left to Ash's DNA remodelling machine. Gosh, that's a lot of knowledge and dream sharing ;-)

Luis Felipe Skinner Bursatella leachi (?) from Bocas del Toro, Panamá.

Carlo M. Cunha Bursatella leachii plei =)

Message posted on EPAM Nudibranchs on 11 Apr 2013
Taxonomy
Animalia (Kingdom)
  Mollusca (Phylum)
    Gastropoda (Class)
      Heterobranchia (Subclass)
        Opisthobranchia (Infraclass)
          Anaspidea (Order)
            Aplysioidea (Superfamily)
              Aplysiidae (Family)
                Bursatella (Genus)
                  Bursatella leachii (Species)
Associated Species