Carlos Fernández-Cid RamosTrapania maculata. Galicia, Spain
http://www.flickr.com/photos/78557484@N02/8461171164/in/set-72157632261258262
Egidio Trainito Why not Trapania hispalensis? It looks like an intermediate form.
Carlos Fernández-Cid Ramos I think is T.maculata. The other found here is
João Pedro Silva T. hispalensis, as T. tartanella, hasn't pigmented areas ahead of the gills and rhinophores. I support T. maculata.
Carlos Fernández-Cid Ramos http://www.flickr.com/photos/78557484@N02/8276832863/in/set-72157632261258262
João Pedro Silva This is a more typical T. tartanella, with the pigmented areas more orange near the tips:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpsilva1971/6109278087/
Apparently this should be the only external different between T. tartanella and T. hispalensis.
João Pedro Silva On the differences between T. tartanella and T. hispalensis:
http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20698
Egidio Trainito Mediterranean T.maculata are usually more pigmented
João Pedro Silva Yes, I know, but not in the Atlantic. Nevertheless, it has only been seen once here in Portugal:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jpsilva1971/5701113310/
Carlos Fernández-Cid RamosTrapania tartanella is the most frecuent here. I have seen once a T. palida (with very bad photos), and a T. maculata for the first time yesterday.
Lucas CerCur Dear colleagues to be sure of a right identification of both species, you need to check the radula. It is true that details on the orange/yellow pigmentation can infer what species is, but the radula is definitive. I will upload the original description of T. hispalensis.
João Pedro SilvaGeitodoris planata
Local: Arrábida, Portugal
Spot: Alpertuche
Profundidade: 4m
Data: 26-12-2011
MarÃa Eugenia Suárez Tienes alguna foto de este nudi por su parte inferior? Hace tiempo vi una parecida dada la vuelta por un aletazo y me gustarÃa saber si es la misma. Gracias.