Elysia serca from Bahamas - food plant

March 12, 2004
From: Marina Poddubetskaia


Dear Bill,
Here are the photos of the alga on which I found the pale and dark Elysia serca [messages #12391, #12392]. Kathe Jensen identified it as Halodule wrightii.

Date: February 03, 2004
Location: Great Exuma, Bahamas, Western Atlantic
Site: Stocking Island, Hole n°2
Depth: 1m
Animal's size: 4mm
Photos: Marina Poddubetskaia - Nembro website

Cordially,
Marina.

nembro@nembro.info

Poddubetskaia, M., 2004 (Mar 12) Elysia serca from Bahamas - food plant. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/12393

Thanks Marina,
This food plant is a sea grass, not an algae, which is a very rare ocurrence for the sacoglossans which almost always feed on algae.
Best wishes
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2004 (Mar 12). Comment on Elysia serca from Bahamas - food plant by Marina Poddubetskaia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/12393

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