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There are many pictures identified as Elysia asbecki Wägele, Stemmer, Burghardt & Händeler, 2010 at Nudi Pixel, identifications are verified by Richard Willan, including the above species and Elysia sp. 09. I did not agree with these identifications and asked Ingo Burghardt, one of the authors. He wrote in German, translated by me: "There are some similarities, but the blue tips of the rhinophores and the bluish 'tail' would be very unusual. Elysia asbecki has a yellow ring at the tips of the rhinophores, and often a pink line at the posterior end of the foot, no blue. I guess this is a different species, possibly related to Elysia asbecki." The description is online at http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2010/f/zt02676p028.pdf. There are 2 specimens from Bali, Indonesia at Nudi Pixel #1, #2, which fit the description of E. asbeckialmost perfect! This species was posted on 09 July 2011at these websites as Elysia sp. H Genus: Risso, 1818. For some genera, such as Trinchesia was the alphabet almost through. I had to change the distinguishing alphabetic character into a number. I have chosen 2-digit numbers, even though '01' looks a little bit stupid, and now is only the genus italic written. |