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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 sacoglossan sea slug, Hermaea bifida, feeding on the red algae or seaweed, Halurus flosculosus, in Belle Greve Bay, on Guernsey's east coast on 5 January 2007. File No. 050107 13-872 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The sacoglossan Hermaea bifida in the red algae, Halurus flosculosus, from Belle Greve Bay on Guernsey's east coast. Photographed on 15 February 2006 File No. 18-814 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The sacoglossan Hermaea variopicta found by Porcupine Marine Natural History Society member Paul Brazier at Portelet on Guernsey's south-west coast on 5 April 2012. This individual represents the first record for this species on the Guernsey shore. File No. 050412 0225 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The sacoglossan Hermaea variopicta found by Paul Brazier at Portelet on Guernsey's south-west coast on 5 April 2012. This individual presents the first record of this species on the Guernsey sea shore. File No. 050412 227 fishinfo@guernsey.net All Rights Reserved
Aplysia punctata BG 140209 1802 smg
Egg string of the sea hare Aplysia punctata on the seashore in Saline Bay, west coast of Guernsey. File No. 21-224 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
This beautiful green sea hare, Elysia viridis, lived in an upper shore tide pool on the beach at L'Eree on Guernsey's west coast. This warm pool catches the afternoon sun. The green sea hares here are the largest in Guernsey. They feed by sucking out the cell contents of certain green seaweeds such as this Codium species photographed. These sea hares do not destroy the chloroplasts that they consume. They incorporate them into their tissue and put them to work producing carbohydrates from the sun's energy. Photographed on 20 April 2003. File No. 200403 9-661 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The green sea hare, Elysia viridis, on a frond of Codium seaweed from L'Eree on Guernsey's west coast. Photographed on 20 April 2003 File No. 10-661 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
green seahare Elysia viridis LEree 200403 18-661 smg
The sacoglossan Hermaea variopicta found by Porcupine Marine Natural History Society member Paul Brazier at Portelet on Guernsey's south-west coast on 5 April 2012. This individual represents the first record for this species on the Guernsey shore.

File No. 050412 0225
©RLLord
fishinfo@guernsey.net
The sacoglossan Hermaea variopicta found by Porcupine Marine Natural History Society member Paul Brazier at Portelet on Guernsey's south-west coast on 5 April 2012. This individual represents the first record for this species on the Guernsey shore. File No. 050412 0225 ©RLLord fishinfo@guernsey.net
The sacoglossan Hermaea variopicta found by Porcupine Marine Natural History Society member Paul Brazier at Portelet on Guernsey's south-west coast on 5 April 2012. This individual represents the first record for this species on the Guernsey shore.

File No. 050412 0225
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fishinfo@guernsey.net
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Keywords: guernsey mollusc gastropod mollusca gastropoda opisthobranchia channel islands sacoglossan portelet hermaea variopicta paul brazier porcupine marine natural history society 5 april 2012
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