What eats sea slugs?

One big gap in our knowledge is what actually eats Sea Slugs. Except in rare cases such information, where it exists, is published not in the malacological literature, where we would look, but in the literature associated with predator, for example fish biology journals, often in stomach contents lists which don't appear as keywords or any easily searchable form. I think this is a good time to add a page for predation records where we can gradually accumulate such information on who/what eats sea slugs. So here is the page. It's basically empty at present, so any records/observations, either personal observations or from the literature, would be appreciated.

All observations in the list below are linked to a message containing details.

ANASPIDEA (Sea Hares)
Johnson & Willows, 1999 - List of reported predators on Sea Hares.
Johnson, S. 1999 - Gymnodoris ceylonica eating Stylocheilus striata.
Bonnet, 2006 - Gymnodoris ceylonica eating Stylocheilus striata.
Roberts, M. 2005 - Puffer fish and and Philinopsis cyanea eating Stylocheilus striata.
Miller, 2000 - Turtles eating Sea Hares.
Rogers, et al, 2000 Pycnogonids, 'Sea Spiders' eating Sea Hares and assorted opisthobranchs.
Rogers, C., 2000. Labrid fishes or wrasses eating adult Aplysia parvula and juvenile Aplysia dactylomela.
Koh, D.B., 2005. Nemertine worm eating Aplysia parvula.
Koh, D.B., 2005. crab eating; Aplysia juliana.
Wright, W.G., 2006 Navanax inermis eating Aplysia californica
Kirkendale, L, 2006 Flatworm eating Aplysia juliana

NOTASPIDEA (Pleurobranchs, etc)
Rudman, 1999 - turtles eating Pleurobranchus forskalii

SACOGLOSSA (Sacoglossans)
Johnson, 1999 - Gymnodoris striata eating Plakobranchus ocellatus
Trowbridge, 2001 predation on Stiliger fuscovittatus, Alderia modesta & Placida dendritica.
Horst, 2009. Hermit crab attacking Thuridilla hopei.

DORIDOIDEA
Goniodorididae
Arango & Brodie, 2003 - Pycnogonid eating Okenia virginiae.
Gymnodorididae
Johnson, 2000 - Gymnodoris citrina eating other Gymnodoris citrina.
Polyceridae
Anderson, 2006 - Roboastra luteolineata eating Nembrotha kubaryana
Gudgeon, 2006 - Roboastra gracilis eating Nembrotha kubaryana
Ogden, 2008 - Roboastra luteolineata eating Nembrotha aurea
Chromodorididae
Penney, 2001 - Predation experiments on Cadlina luteomarginata
Hildering & Miller, 2007 - Starfish eating ?Cadlina luteomarginata
Elayani, 2006 - Polychaete attacking Chromodoris purpurea
Hösel, 2007 - Gymnodoris rubropapulosa? juvenile eating Pectenodoris trilineata.
Cobb, 2008 - Gymnodoris sp. 5 juv. eating? Glossodoris atromarginata.
Anderson, 2008 - Gymnodoris rubropapulosa eating Chromodoris westraliensis.
Toh, 2008 - Gymnodoris rubropapulosa eating Chromodoris lineolata.
Dorididae
Penney, 2001 - Crow attacking Archidoris montereyensis.
Harris, 2006 - Fish attacking Peltodoris nobilis
Koh, D.B., 2006. Nemertine worm eating  Atagema intecta.
Chuk, 2007. Starfish holding Doris cameroni.
Horst, 2009 . possible crab attack on Peltodoris atromaculata.
Yokes, 2009 . crabs attacking nudibranchs in aquaria .

DENDRONOTINA
Seiko Kuroe & Akira Mada, 2007 - Crab attacking Tritoniopsis elegans.

AEOLIDIOIDEA
Whitacre, 2001 - pycnogonids feeding on Berghia verrucicornis.
Silva, 2008 - crab eating Spurilla neapolitana.
Hermosillo, 2002 - fish & Navanax feeding on Phidiana lascrucensis.

Authorship details
Rudman, W.B., 2000 (May 3) What eats sea slugs?. [In] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/factsheet/predrecord

Copyright © Australian Museum, 1998-2010