Here’s a collection of some of the “easter bunnies of the sea”, aren’t they amazing?
Photos by Manuel Malaquias, and you can read more about the animals, the field work and the collecting by revisiting the following blog posts:
Sampling for sea slugs in northern Mozambique (East Africa)
Uncovering the origin of species in the Caribbean region – fieldwork in the Florida Keys
Fieldtrip to Mozambique – collecting sea slugs in the most diverse marine biota of the World
More about… Fieldtrip to Mozambique – hunting for seaslugs
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- Cadlinella ornatissima. Vamizi island.
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- Polycera quadrilineata (Norway) Photo: M. Malaquias
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- Phillidia ocellata (Mozambique) Photo: M. Malaquias
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- Chromodoris cf. quadricolor. Vamizi Island
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- Elysia subornata (Key Largo)
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- Chromodoris africana (Zavora, Inhambane). This species is part of a complex in need of revision where other “species” imaged here are also part of (e.g. Chromodoris hamiltoni, Hypselodoris regina, Chromodoris elisabethina)
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- Chromodoris cf. elisabethina (Zavora, Inhambane)
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- Glossodoris cf. plumbea (Barra reefs, Inhambane, Mozambique)
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- Halgerda wasinensis (Barra reefs, Inhambane, Mozambique)
