29 Aeolidia papillosa

29 Aeolidia papillosa

A. papillosa sensu stricto verified with molecular sequencing, has been found in Maine and Massachusetts, USA (Kienberger et al., 2016). In America the head often has a white, wine glass shaped mark, which in this image is centrally faded with small lateral branches to approximate to a Y, but the branches bend to meet at an obtuse angle of nearly 180° instead of the acute junction of the arms of a Y.
Maine, USA. December 2021. © J. Goddard.