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Range extension for Elysia timida (Opisthobranchia: Sacoglossa) to São Tomé Island (eastern central Atlantic), with a film showing the curious locomotion of the species

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 September 2009

Peter Wirtz  and
Arthur Anker
Peter Wirtz*
Affiliation:
Centro de Ciências do Mar do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, P 8000-117 Faro, Portugal
Arthur Anker
Affiliation:
278 Dickinson Hall, Florida Museum of Natural History, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL 32611-7800, USA
*
Correspondence should be addressed to: P. Wirtz, Centro de Ciências do Mar do Algarve, Campus de Gambelas, P 8000-117 Faro, Portugal email: peterwirtz2004@yahoo.com
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Abstract

The sacoglossan Elysia tímida is recorded from São Tomé Island and its species-specific locomotion is documented in a film.

Keywords

range extensionElysia tímidaSão Tomé Islandfilmcurious locomotion

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Marine Biodiversity Records , Volume 2 , January 2009 , e144
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Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 2009

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