Re: Facelina bostoniensis

August 30, 1999
From: Terry Gosliner

Dear Bill,
In answer to your question, I just got a look at Daniel's photos of F. bostoniensis.  They are the same.  It is pretty variable depending on the hydroids they have been eating.  This species is pretty cool since Couthouy named it a few years before Alder and Hancock.  This is one of the few cases of an amphiatlantic species where the American name has precedence over the British one.  One of the first systematic victories following the American Revolutionary War.
Terry

Gosliner, T., 1999 (Aug 30) Re: Facelina bostoniensis. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1259

Thanks Terry,
Nice to see a peaceful and controlled display of revolutionary fervour. Very appropriate also, that F. bostoniensis was named after the place where the first revolutionary act, the 'Boston Tea Party', occurred. Unfortunate though that the resulting pollution from the dumped cargo of tea, probably killed the local marine life, including any Facelina bostoniensis.
Bill Rudman.

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