Re: Another aquarium mystery

October 22, 2000
From: Rob Dahrling

With your help I have identified my "sea slug" as Oxynoe sp. 1, but still don't quite understand if this is an Atlantic or Pacific species. Can you tell me in which ocean it is normally found?

Thank you,
Rob Dahrling

robdgrow@juno.com

Dahrling, R, 2000 (Oct 22) Re: Another aquarium mystery. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3222

Dear Rob,
I'm afraid the one you've identified your animal with is one found in an aquarium and we don't know where it originated from either. It was found in a Brazilian aquarium and looks quite like a Caribbean species, but as Tropical Pacific species have also been found in Brazilan pet shops there is no way to be sure of its origin.

As you will see from the species list, there are species of Oxynoe in both the tropical Atlantic and the Pacific, and they are all quite similar in colour and shape. To identify your animal to a particular species, would not be easy.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2000 (Oct 22). Comment on Re: Another aquarium mystery by Rob Dahrling . [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3222

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