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Here is a 3 mm juvenile specimen, I thought Aplysia parvula, but Dr. Richard C. Willan identified it as a juvenile of some other Aplysia sp. I did not know, that Aplysia grows the oral tentacles first, that is why the eye spots look somehow misplaced, the rhinophores grow later behind the eye spots. Many pictures of Aplysia parvula starting with 1.5 mm over 2 mm and 3.8 mm etc. are at Sea Slugs of Hawai'i, and the GALLERY, the 4 mm specimen has already small rhinophores! More information on Aplysia parvula are on Bill Rudman's Sea-Slug Forum! How to cite: Köhler, E. (2017), published 17 May 2017, Aplysia parvula Guilding in Mörch, 1863 available from https://www.Philippine-Sea-Slugs.com/Aplysiida/Aplysia_parvula.htm |
