Re: Discodoris atromaculata from Greece
February 24, 2004
From: Baki Yokes
Dear Mihalis and Bill,
Concerning message #12270:
Discodoris atromaculata is more common on the North Aegean Sea (Saros Bay)along the Turkish coasts, where the the density of sea water ranges between 1.023-1.026. I think it will not be a problem to acclimatize this species to tropical 1.025, but, it is very very difficult to keep its food sponge, Petrosia ficiformis, alive in an aquarium (I tried and failed). As far as I observe, the sponge is common only in certain locations on the Aegean and Mediterranean Turkish coasts, which suggests some specific environmental conditions are needed.
Photo: Saros Bay (North Aegean), Turkey. Dive site: Ibrice. Depth: 24m. Date: May 1999.
Best wishes
Baki
bakiyokes@turk.net
Yokes, B., 2004 (Feb 24) Re: Discodoris atromaculata from Greece. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/12294
Dear Baki,
Thanks for the photo of the Discodoris convention. I didn't realise they could be so abundant. As you say, keeping the food items alive and healthy, is one of the main stumbling blocks to keeping nudibranchs in aquaria.
Best wishes
Bill Rudman
Related messages
-
Peltodoris atromaculata abnormality
From: Antoni López-Arenas i Cama, September 9, 2009 -
Re: Peltodoris atromaculata with damaged mantle
From: M. Baki Yokes, June 12, 2009 -
Re: Peltodoris atromaculata with damaged mantle
From: Dominique Horst, May 27, 2009 -
Peltodoris atromaculata from North Cyprus
From: Carol Cox, April 8, 2008 -
Peltodoris atromaculata from southern Portugal?
From: Pedro Alexandrino Monteiro, August 11, 2007 -
Discodoris atromaculata feeding
From: Anne Kloeppel, June 7, 2007 -
Discodoris atromaculata from Croatia
From: Gearoid Lane, March 30, 2006 -
Discodoris atromaculata on Petrosia ficiformis
From: Stephane Ores, January 13, 2006 -
Re: Discodoris atromaculata from Greece
From: Andrej Jaklin, February 25, 2004 -
Discodoris atromaculata from Greece
From: Mihalis Polyadis, February 23, 2004 -
Discodoris atromaculata from Adriatic
From: Adam Petrusek, October 8, 2003 -
Discodoris atromaculata from Holland
From: Andy den Boer, July 1, 2003 -
Discodoris atromaculata egg-ribbon
From: Marina Poddubetskaia, July 28, 2002 -
Discodoris atromaculata from France
From: Marina Poddubetskaia, June 28, 2002 -
Discodoris atromaculata from Greece
From: Fons Sarneel, March 19, 2002 -
Discodoris atromaculata from Greece
From: Peter H. van Bragt , April 29, 2001 -
Re: Food of Discodoris atromaculata
From: Juan Vicente López-Canales, February 15, 1999 -
Re: Photo of Discodoris atromaculata
From: Erwin Koehler, February 1, 1999 -
Food of Discodoris atromaculata
From: Juan Vicente López-Canales, January 28, 1999