Spanish Dancer

October 28, 2000
From: Alicia Buckley

Our year 5 class in Melbourne, Australia would like some information about Spanish Dancers please. We think they are very beautiful.
Thank you from
Alicia

mbuckley@vtown.com.au

Buckley, A., 2000 (Oct 28) Spanish Dancer. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3252

Dear Alicia,
The Spanish Dancer's scientific name is Hexabranchus sanguineus. In the Forum each species has its own page, and messages about a species are all on that page. So I have put your message on the Hexabranchus Page.

If you look above your message you will find some photos and general information on the Spanish Dancer and if you look below your message your will other messages about it. Many of these messages have nice photos of animals from different parts of the pacific and Indian Oceans. If you look at all htat information I think you will find all the information you will need.

One thing I don't think you'll find is why its name is Hexabranchus sanguineus. Hexabranchus = six gills and sanguineus = blood and refers to its red colour.

I am not sure how much you know about using websites. One useful thing to know is that if you click on any word or group of words that are coloured and underlined, you will go to a new page which is about the word you clicked on.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2000 (Oct 28). Comment on Spanish Dancer by Alicia Buckley. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3252

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