Re: Dondice occidentalis from Massachusetts?

March 18, 2010
From: Emily Keen

Concerning message #23258:

Dear Bill,

Thank you for your help. Dr. Pierce also mentioned to me today that this sea slug was not only shipped with Tubularia, but was also eating Tubularia. I do not know if this information will make a difference in your identification of this sea slug.

Thank you,
Emily Keen

emilykeen@mail.usf.edu

Keen, E., 2010 (Mar 18) Re: Dondice occidentalis from Massachusetts?. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/23280

Dear Emily,

McDonald & Nybakken's invaluable compilation of feeding records [http://www.theveliger.org/nudibranch_food.html] include as food for Dondice occidentalis  a hydroid (Eudendrium sp.) and an unlikely bryozoan (Zoobotryon sp). All this really tells us is what we already know - we don't know much in detail about the food of individual nudibranch species.

I am pretty sure your animal is Dondice occidentalis so I guess we can add Tubularia sp to the feeding list.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2010 (Mar 18). Comment on Re: Dondice occidentalis from Massachusetts? by Emily Keen. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/23280

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