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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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The nudibranch Discodoris planata which entered a Clive Brown crab pot on 16 April 2003. File No. 3-656 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
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 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The nudibranch Archidoris pseudoargus from a Clive Brown crab pot off the south coast of Guernsey on 29 May 2004. File No. 3-746 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The posterior of the sea slug Archidoris pseudoargus showing the gills. File No. 8-746 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The sea slug, Acanthodoris pilosa, was found during low water in a dry condition in a depression underneath a large boulder in the Fucus serratus (serrated wrack) zone of Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast on 5 January 2007. This species was identified from photographs by Dr. Julia Nunn of the Ulster Museum and Dr. Bernard Picton of the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum, Northern Ireland. File No. 050107 19-872 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The sea slug, Acanthodoris pilosa, was found during low water in a dry condition in a depression underneath a large boulder in the Fucus serratus (serrated wrack) zone of Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast on 5 January 2007. This species was identified from photographs by Dr. Julia Nunn of the Ulster Museum and Dr. Bernard Picton of the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum, Northern Ireland. File No. 17-872 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The sea slug, Acanthodoris pilosa, was found during low water in a dry condition in a depression underneath a large boulder in the Fucus serratus (serrated wrack) zone of Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast on 5 January 2007. This species was identified from photographs by Dr. Julia Nunn of the Ulster Museum and Dr. Bernard Picton of the Ulster Folk & Transport Museum, Northern Ireland. File No. 22-872 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The nudibranch Jorunna tomentosa showing the retractable lamellate rhinophores. This specimen was found in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast on 15 January 2006. File No. 3-808 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The nudibranch Goniodoris castanea feeding on a colony of star ascidians, Botryllus schlosseri in the Queen Elizabeth 2 marina, St. Peter Port, Guernsey on 30 August 2005. File No. 22-791 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The nudibranch Jorunna tomentosa showing the retractable lamellate rhinophores. This specimen was found in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast on 15 January 2006.
File No. 3-808
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
The nudibranch Jorunna tomentosa showing the retractable lamellate rhinophores. This specimen was found in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast on 15 January 2006. File No. 3-808 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The nudibranch Jorunna tomentosa showing the retractable lamellate rhinophores. This specimen was found in Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast on 15 January 2006.
File No. 3-808
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
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