Re: Second record of Elysia rufescens from Reunion
January 10, 2007
From: Skip Pierce
Concerning message #19113:
Hi Bill-Happy New Year.
Never had the good fortune to visit the Indian Ocean, but in Hawaii, at least, E. rufescens eats Bryopsis pennata and, from limited collecting experience, is rarely found very far away from it. We have found Bryopsis plastids in the digestive cells of E. rufescens (not published). however, although they retain plastids - I think they are not very good at it. Notice the color of the slug in these pictures is brownish, rather than green. Again from limited experience with them, that is pretty standard. Finally, the external morphology between these and the Hawaiians seems very similar.
Skip
pierce@cas.usf.edu
Pierce, S. K., 2007 (Jan 10) Re: Second record of Elysia rufescens from Reunion. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19186Thanks Skip,
Bill Rudman
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