Sacoglossa Ihering, 1876

Family: Hermaeidae H. & A. Adams, 1854

Aplysiopsis elegans Deshayes, 1864

Mar Piccolo (Taranto, Italy) Ionian Sea 8m depth.

La foto dell'amico Gianni Colucci ritrae questo bellissimo Sacoglosso mentre depone il suo prezioso nastro di uova una delle rare segnalazioni di questa specie

The photo of our friend Gianni Colucci portrays this beautiful Sacoglossus while laying its precious ribbon of eggs, one of the rare reports of this species.

Mar Piccolo (Taranto, Italy), May 2023, 16°C, 6m of depth.
 
 

Bibliography

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