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Elysia viridis. Unusual pale orange form with faded turquoise flakes, lacking any green. May, 2008. Sublittoral. Oosterschelde estuary, Netherlands.

Species

Elysia viridis

Photographer / copyright holder

Rokus Groeneveld www.diverosa.com

Goniodoris castanea. Gills and rhinophores well expanded. Smooth digitiform apex offset to anterior of rhinophore. September 2007. Sublittoral. Oosterschelde estuary, Netherlands.

Species

Goniodoris castanea

Photographer / copyright holder

Rokus Groeneveld www.diverosa.com

Goniodoris castanea. Adult and spawn. September 2007. Sublittoral. Oosterschelde estuary, Netherlands.

Species

Goniodoris castanea

Photographer / copyright holder

Rokus Groeneveld www.diverosa.com

Goniodoris castanea. Five specimens and spawn on Botrylloides violaceus. Upper left; dark form. Upper right; form with orange matching the B. violaceus. August 2011. Sublittoral. Oosterschelde estuary, Netherlands.

Species

Goniodoris castanea

Photographer / copyright holder

Rokus Groeneveld www.diverosa.com

Limapontia senestra. Adult, about 5.5mm long, with bursal swelling on right. Four yellow and white ova; 0.4mm diameter, largest opisthobranch ova on record (Thompson 1976). Fleet lagoon, Dorset, England.

Species

Limapontia senestra

Photographer / copyright holder

Jann Vendetti

Limapontia senestra. Strands of Cladophora lack cell walls; divided by cross walls into large compartments. Terminal compartments individually emptied of protoplasm by piercing and suction of Limapontia senestra. Sept. 2012. N. coast, Anglesey.

Species

Limapontia senestra

Photographer / copyright holder

I.F. Smith

Limapontia senestra. L. 2.5mm. Black pigment not dense; green digestive gland shows. Dorsal pattern undeveloped. Whitish rhinophores, eye patches and metapodium; some details resemble L. capitata, but reared to typical L. senestra adult. Sep 2012 Anglesey

Species

Limapontia senestra

Photographer / copyright holder

I.F. Smith

Snail Thoughts

Authors

J.E. Rudd

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Who knows what a snail thinks
as it sits immobile for countless hours.
Is it contemplating its umbillicus
like the Hindus and their navels?

The Race Against Slime. Mollusc World’s Sports Correspondent reports on the World Snail-Racing Championships, 2005.

Authors

Jan Light and Mike Weideli

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Correction from Craig Macadam

Authors

Craig Macadam

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On page 22 of MW8 “The BAP Priority Species Review” I am correctly listed as the main author of the review or Omphiscola glabra, however I have been listed as being an employee o

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