Re: Thecacera pennigera - a new Mediterranean exotic?

March 27, 2008
From: Dani Barchana

Concerning message #21469:

Dear Bill
I can fully understand the frustration you feel, I thought the dark days of "not sharing information" were long gone, but it proves otherwise. I have checked the CIESM site and found no record to "Thecacera pennigera " in their archives (I can access it probably because I can do it through the Tel-Aviv University computing system).

If, anytime in the future, you shell need any access to the site - please let me know if could be of any assistance.
Cheers,
Dani

dani.barchana@gmail.com

Barchana, D., 2008 (Mar 27) Re: Thecacera pennigera - a new Mediterranean exotic?. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21473

Thanks Dani,

Clearly the administrators have lost their way. The purpose of the site is to share and increase our knowledge not to collect a few euros. They even ask on the site for people to send in new records - why would I pay to do that?

But don't let me be diverted from your interesting find. Lucas Cervera [#21472] has noted an early reference from over 100 years ago, which may or may not be correctly identified, but I think we can say there has never been a resident population in the Mediterranean. It would be interesting to know if your animals are the result of shipping or are from larvae which has been washed through the Suez Canal. Certainly the size of the spots suggest it is from an Indo-West Pacific population, as animals from nthn Europe only have small numerous spots.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2008 (Mar 27). Comment on Re: Thecacera pennigera - a new Mediterranean exotic? by Dani Barchana. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21473

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