Elysia serca from Bahamas - food plant
March 12, 2004
From: Marina Poddubetskaia
Dear Bill,
Here are the photos of the alga on which I found the pale and dark Elysia serca [messages #12391, #12392]. Kathe Jensen identified it as Halodule wrightii.
Date: February 03, 2004
Location: Great Exuma, Bahamas, Western Atlantic
Site: Stocking Island, Hole n°2
Depth: 1m
Animal's size: 4mm
Photos: Marina Poddubetskaia - Nembro website
Cordially,
Marina.
nembro@nembro.info
Poddubetskaia, M., 2004 (Mar 12) Elysia serca from Bahamas - food plant. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/12393Thanks Marina,
This food plant is a sea grass, not an algae, which is a very rare ocurrence for the sacoglossans which almost always feed on algae.
Best wishes
Bill Rudman
Related messages
-
Re: Elysia serca
From: Kathe R. Jensen, March 22, 2004 -
Re: Elysia serca
From: Skip Pierce, March 15, 2004 -
Elysia serca from Bahamas - pale form
From: Marina Poddubetskaia, March 12, 2004 -
Elysia serca from Bahamas - dark form
From: Marina Poddubetskaia, March 12, 2004