Re: Dutch name for Dendronotus

September 1, 1999
From: René Lipmann

Dear Bill,
a translation of the Dutch name 'boompjesslak' into English is maybe 'treeslug'

But 'boompjes' means a little, or small tree, and slak = slug. So maybe you have a better suggestion?

Groeten,
René Lipmann
Diveteam Manta,
Amsterdam

lipmann@bvd.nl

Lipmann, R., 1999 (Sep 1) Re: Dutch name for Dendronotus. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1277

Dear René,
Thanks for the explanation. I'm not a great fan of encouraging the use of common names as they become very confusing. 'Tree-slug' for example might suggest it lived in trees.

I had a feeling that we had a query sometime ago about what is a 'bushy-backed slug', which would be an appropriate translation of boompjesslak. Using the very useful Search the Forum button [I typed bushy] I find that we did have some messages showing that in the USA 'bushy-backed sea slug' is used for species of Dendronotus.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

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