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Subclass Opisthobranchia (including order aplysiomorpha (mainly sea hares)); sacoglossa; pleurobranchomorpha; and nudibranchia (colourful sea slugs with gills exposed on the dorsal surface.)

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sealord > Crab fisherman Clive Brown brought me this beautiful sea slug, Facelina annulicornis, which had entered one of his crab pots in about 50 fathoms of water off Guernsey's south coast. Guernsey lies in the English Channel to the north of Brittany and to the west of Normandy, France.

Clive collected this nudibranch from one of his crab pots on the 2nd August 2003.
File No. 020803 15-684
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sealord > Guernsey Sea hares and sea slugs >  Facelina annulicornis CB pots 020803 25-683 smg
sealord > The nudibranch Facelina annulicornis from a Clive Brown crab pot off the south coast of Guernsey photographed on 2 August 2003.
File No. 18-684
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sealord > The nudibranch Facelina annulicornis from a Clive Brown crab pot off the south coast of Guernsey on 2 August 2003.
File No. 17-684
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sealord > I found eight Facelina auriculata sea slugs on the fish quay pontoons and the attached kelp in St. Peter Port harbour in about ten minutes of looking on 9 March 2007. Facelina auriculata has annulate rhinophores.  This sea slug has a long tail, which can be seen in the photograph.  It has also a narrow foot.  The largest specimen I found was just over 44.5 mm long when gliding in a straight line.  Dr. Bernard Picton of the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum made the identification.
File No. 35-885
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sealord > The nudibranch Facelina auriculata which entered a Chris Marquis crab pot in the Big Russel between Herm and Sark in the Bailiwick of Guernsey.
File No. 11-746
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sealord > The nudibranch Discodoris planata which entered a Clive Brown crab pot on 16 April 2003.
File No. 3-656
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sealord > These two sea slugs, Discodoris planata, were found under a boulder lying on gravel in a low lying area of a promontory or ridge of rock that extends into Belle Greve Bay that is mostly covered by the sea at high tide.  As the tide rises, the sea streams over this low lying gravel area where the sea slugs were found. This species has acid glands in its skin presumably to deter predation.  It can be identified apart from the similar sea lemon, Archidoris pseudoargus, because Discodoris planata has brown spots under the skirt of the mantle.  Photographed on the 19 February 2007.
File No. 190207 7-883
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sealord > The nudibranch Archidoris pseudoargus from a Clive Brown crab pot off the south coast of Guernsey on 29 May 2004.
File No. 3-746
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Crab fisherman Clive Brown brought me this beautiful sea slug, Facelina annulicornis, which had entered one of his crab pots in about 50 fathoms of water off Guernsey's south coast. Guernsey lies in the English Channel to the north of Brittany and to the west of Normandy, France.

Clive collected this nudibranch from one of his crab pots on the 2nd August 2003.
File No. 020803 15-684
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
 > Crab fisherman Clive Brown brought me this beautiful sea slug, Facelina annulicornis, which had entered one of his crab pots in about 50 fathoms of water off Guernsey's south coast. Guernsey lies in the English Channel to the north of Brittany and to the west of Normandy, France.

Clive collected this nudibranch from one of his crab pots on the 2nd August 2003.
File No. 020803 15-684
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
Crab fisherman Clive Brown brought me this beautiful sea slug, Facelina annulicornis, which had entered one of his crab pots in about 50 fathoms of water off Guernsey's south coast. Guernsey lies in the English Channel to the north of Brittany and to the west of Normandy, France.

Clive collected this nudibranch from one of his crab pots on the 2nd August 2003.
File No. 020803 15-684
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
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