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Scutopus ventrolineatus

Submitted by Steve Wilkinson on Wed, 09/03/2011 22:37
Taxon version key
[NBNSYS0000186962]
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Scutopus robustus

Submitted by Steve Wilkinson on Wed, 09/03/2011 22:37
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[NBNSYS0000186961]
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Lamellaria perspicua. Head showing absence of snout, and slit across anterior of sole of foot. Menai Strait, Anglesey, Feb. 2011.

Submitted by Ian Smith on Wed, 09/03/2011 22:36
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Lamellaria perspicua
Photographer / copyright holder

I.F. Smith

Lamellaria perspicua. Translucent sole with transverse groove at anterior. Posterior of foot extends beyond mantle when moving. Menai Strait, Anglesey, Feb. 2011.

Submitted by Ian Smith on Wed, 09/03/2011 22:33
Species
Lamellaria perspicua
Photographer / copyright holder

I.F. Smith


Lamellaria perspicua. Anterior view of foot, no snout on head and partially unrolled siphon. Menai Strait, Anglesey, Feb. 2011.

Submitted by Ian Smith on Wed, 09/03/2011 22:30
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Lamellaria perspicua
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I.F. Smith

Lamellaria perspicua. Anterior view into siphon. Menai Strait, Anglesey, Feb. 2011.

Submitted by Ian Smith on Wed, 09/03/2011 22:27
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Lamellaria perspicua
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I.F. Smith

Lamellaria perspicua. Length 23mm. Profile can be almost as steep as a cone, as in this image. Large irregular tubercles on mantle. Menai Strait, Anglesey, Feb. 2011.

Submitted by Ian Smith on Wed, 09/03/2011 22:23
Species
Lamellaria perspicua
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I.F. Smith

Lamellaria perspicua. 20 mm long (excluding projection of foot). Mantle curved into respiratory siphon. Dome is rarely depressed lower than in this picture, while L. latens always has a lower profile than this. LWS Menai Strait, Anglesey, Feb. 2011.

Submitted by Ian Smith on Wed, 09/03/2011 22:17
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Lamellaria perspicua
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I.F. Smith

Lamellaria perspicua. Length 23 mm. Resembles sponge encrusted rock and (reddish mark rear of centre) open orange-red aperture of Verruca stroemia barnacles concealed in sponge which live in the vicinity. Menai Strait, Wales, Feb. 2011.

Submitted by Ian Smith on Wed, 09/03/2011 22:08
Species
Lamellaria perspicua
Photographer / copyright holder

I.F. Smith

Lamellaria perspicua, adult, length 20mm (on right), size comparison with L. latens adult, length 10mm. L. latens often holds its tentacles more widely spread than L. perspicua. Both from Menai Strait, Wales.

Submitted by Ian Smith on Wed, 09/03/2011 21:54
Species
Lamellaria perspicua
Photographer / copyright holder

I.F. Smith

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