Re: Eubranchus inabai from eastern Australia

March 9, 2001
From: Bernard Picton

Hi Bill,

Concerning your comment on their apparently unusual distribution, I noticed in Hong Kong that Sargassum had a load of epiphytic hydroids and Bryozoans on it. Now Sargassum has spread to the UK and France with Oyster cultivation, but seems to have arrived without its associated species. I wonder if this is another possibility for these small animals getting around the planet?

Bernard

bernard.picton.um@nics.gov.uk

Picton, B., 2001 (Mar 9) Re: Eubranchus inabai from eastern Australia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3951

Dear Bernard,
I don't see why not. I suspect it's why Vayssierea felis, despite its direct development, has such a wide geographic distribution. It is often found feeding on the tube worm Spirorbis attachd to laminarian algae.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Mar 9). Comment on Re: Eubranchus inabai from eastern Australia by Bernard Picton. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3951

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