20 October 2023

Ophelia or Ophelina species

Ophelia species  Savigny, 1822   or   Ophelina species  Örsted, 1843

Ophelia limacina?

Westhinder - Oosthinder bank, North Sea - Belgium*, 16-8-2023. In vitro photo specimen A, L; 20 mm, 21-8-2023.

Westhinder - Oosthinder bank, North Sea - Belgium*, 16-8-2023. In vitro photo specimen A, 21-8-2023.

Westhinder - Oosthinder bank, North Sea - Belgium*, 16-8-2023. In vitro photo specimen A, 21-8-2023.

* Collected with the VLIZ research vessel RV Simon Stevin, beam trawl track 2, coordinates: start 51° 32.121’ N – 2° 38.534’ E - stop 51º 33.415’ N – 2° 38.663’ E