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Aplysia parvula Guilding in Mørch, 1863
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Aplysia parvula is probably the smallest species of Aplysia,
reaching a maximium length of about 6cm. It's colour is very variable,
mottled red-brown, green or black, the large parapodial flaps
have a black and/or a whitish edge. Here is a 3 mm juvenile
specimen. I did not know, that Aplysia parvula 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 specimens 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!
I have posted more pictures than usual for this species to show some colour variants.
More informations on Aplysia parvula are at
Bill Rudman's Sea-Slug Forum! |
