'Greek Goddess' Sea Slug
February 8, 2001
From: Robin
I am having the most difficult time of finding specific information on the Greek Goddess Sea Slug and what specifically it will eat, just algae, caulerpa, sponges, gorgonians? I need to know this information and have checked in this site and found the spot on the greek goddess but it does not explain anything at all about its eating habits or conditions it should be kept in. Neither does it explain what the specifics are for raising the young if there are any.
Please can you help me?
Thanks,
Robin
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Robin, 2001 (Feb 8) 'Greek Goddess' Sea Slug. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/3726Dear Robin,
Hypselodoris picta, which is the real name for the slug you are interested in, is a sponge feeder but I am not sure what species of sponge it will eat. I am afraid we know very little about the biology of most nudibranchs, which is one of the reasons they are such fascinatng animals to study.
If you want to keep such animals in aquaria then you have to accept that you may to discover new things for yourself if you want them to survive. i don't think you should contemplate keeping them in an aquarium unless you are able to collect them yourself. Only if you can collect them yourself have you any chance of finding out what sponge they prefer, and of collecting some of that sponge so that you can feed them.
Concerning their life history. I am not sure if this species has free-swimming planktonic veliger larvae or 'direct development' where the tiny young hatch from the egg ribbon as crawling slugs.
Have a look at the pages on Hypselodoris bullocki and keeping in aquaria where some of the problems of keeping these animals in aquaria are discussed.
Best wishes
Bill Rudman
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