Order: Nudibranchia Cuvier, 1817 - Suborder: Cladobranchia

Family: Samlidae Korshunova, Martynov, Bakken, Evertsen, Fletcher, Mudianta, Saito, Lundin, Schrödl & Picton, 2017

Luisella babai (Schmekel, 1972) 

Otranto (Lecce, Italy) Ionious Sea

Specie abbastanza comune, per il momento ci sono note solo immagini proveniente da questa area. Generalmente viene vista e fotografata tra i 20-30 metri.

Quite common species, for the moment there are only known images coming from this area. It is generally seen and photographed between 20-30 meters

Due esemplari in accopianto, Otranto (Lecce, Italy)

Two specimens coupled, Otranto (Lecce, Italy)

 

Bibliography

Onorato, M. Belmonte, G. 2017 Submarine caves of the Salento peninsula: faunal aspects. Thalassia Salentina 2017, 39, 47-72

Micaroni et altri, 2018 Project “Biodiversity MARE Tricase”: a biodiversity inventory of the coastal area of Tricase (Ionian Sea, Italy) – Mollusca: Heterobranchia. The European Zoological Journal, 2018, 180–193

Furfaro G., Vitale F., Licchelli C. e Mariottini P. 2020 Two Seas for One Great Diversity: Checklist of the Marine Heterobranchia (Mollusca; Gastropoda) from the Salento Peninsula (South-East Italy) Diversity 2020, 12, 171; doi:10.3390/d12050171