Andrew Vik
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Art:
Why the gloves for handling Janthina? Do they save the stinging cells of their
prey like many nudibranchs do? I have only found a few 1.5" wide specimens (in
Hawaii), and I did not get stung picking them up.
Andrew V.
Art Weil wrote:
> Dear Sergio;-
> Pseaudoscalaris Brocchi 1814 is an earlier name for E. lamellosum
> Lamarck, 1822. I have no record of that name being used by Risso.
> All the Janthiniidae are palagic. They may turn up most anywwhere. If
> they do----use gloves.
> Art Weil