APHOTOMARINE

An educational resource dedicated mainly to the photography
and diversity of marine life that can be found in coastal waters
and intertidal areas of Great Britain and Ireland by David Fenwick.

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Limapontiid sea slug
Calliopaea bellula
- dorsal view 1

Limapontiid sea slug
Calliopaea bellula
- dorsal view 2

Limapontiid sea slug
Calliopaea bellula
- ventral view 1

Specimen above found on washing the brown algae Furbellows, Saccorhiza polyschides, at Newlyn Marina, Newlyn, Cornwall, 03.07.17. Please note, Newlyn Marina is a private marine and part of a commercial port.

Limapontiid sea slug
Calliopaea bellula
- dorsal view 3

Limapontiid sea slug
Calliopaea bellula
- dorsal view 4

Limapontiid sea slug
Calliopaea bellula
- dorsal view 5

Limapontiid sea slug
Calliopaea bellula
- with 0.1mm division rule 1

Specimen above found in a sample collected subtidally on an extra-low spring tide at Chimney Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall. 05.06.16.

Specimen here is a juvenile and approx. 2.5mm in length, the species can grow to approx. 10mm. Photographed on a black background it is easy to confuse juvenile Calliopaea bellula with southern species of Hermaea.

Limapontiid sea slug
Calliopaea bellula
- dorsal view 6

Limapontiid sea slug
Calliopaea bellula
- dorsal view 7

Limapontiid sea slug
Calliopaea bellula
- lateral view 1

Limapontiid sea slug
Calliopaea bellula
- with 0.1mm division rule 1

Specimen above was found in a subtidal sample of Coral Weed and associated sediment at Chimney Rocks, Penzance, Cornwall, 05.10.17.

Limapontiid sea slug
Calliopaea bellula
- dorsal view 8

Limapontiid sea slug
Calliopaea bellula
- dorsal view 9

Limapontiid sea slug
Calliopaea bellula
- anterior dorsal view 1

Specimen above found at Newlyn Marina, Newlyn, Cornwall, 31.05.18.

Thanks go to João Pedro Silva and Cynthia D. Trowbridge for original help with identification.

The main objective of this website is in furthering environmental awareness and education through the medium of photography. To increase awareness and access to the wildlife of the region and help

people find and identify it. Sometimes the difference between species is obvious but many species can only be determined by observing microscopic characteristics that are specific to any one species.