Meeting of the Sea Hares

March 23, 2007
From: Ann Clear

Hi Bill,
Having been an avid daily reader of the forum, I would just like to share with you that having just returned from a dive trip in the Lembeh Straits, I was honoured to see lots and lots of sea hares eating a large clump of algae on the sandy bottom. I immediately recognised what they were, from having read about them on the forum and was amazed to actually see them in real life.

Locality: Tangorosa Dive site Lembeh Straits, 14 meters, Lembeh Straits Indonesia, Indo Pacific, 4th March 2007, muck dive sandy bottom. Length: 1 inch each. Photographer: Ann Clear.

Just thought I would share this info with you.
Regards Ann Clear

ann.clear@btinternet.com

Clear, A., 2007 (Mar 23) Meeting of the Sea Hares. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19743

Dear Ann,
It is certainly a spectacular sight seeing these seething masses ofStylocheilus striatus . Thanks so much for sharing the record with us. Contributors to the Forum are turning what was thought to be quite rare occurrence, into a fairly normal part of this species' life cycle. You mention that you saw them eating a large clump of algae. They usually feed on a brown 'skin' of what we used to call blue-green algae but is more properly identified as cyanobacteria, so I would be interested in any information you have on the algae. The only possible algae I can see in your photos are the thin  red-brown filaments in the photo alongside.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Mar 23). Comment on Meeting of the Sea Hares by Ann Clear. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19743

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