Re: Elysia from New Zealand.

August 5, 1999
From: Cynthia Trowbridge

Hi.
Bill mentioned the potential significance of the green "turfing" algae on which the slug is crawling. From the photo I would guess that it is one of the many encrusting species of the green alga Codium. On the North Island, C. convolutum is a common crustose form (=C. adhaerens). On the South Island, there is also C. dimorphum. To my understanding, there are several other species of subtidal encrusting Codium species in New Zealand. Placida cf. dendritica and Elysia maoria feed on these algal species. Please contact me if you would like any assistance in algal identification. Thanks for showing us the beautiful photo!

Cynthia Trowbridge.

trowbric@bcc.orst.edu

Trowbridge, C., 1999 (Aug 5) Re: Elysia from New Zealand.. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1155

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