Re: Ercolania sp. 5 - from the Red Sea

March 20, 2008
From: Binyamin Koretz

Concerning message #19445:

Hi Bill,

This tiny little fellow looks to us like the slugs you're calling Ercolania sp. 5 except that his digestive tracts don't seem to have turned green yet. I assume he's feeding on the algae?

Locality: Eilat, Tables South, 8 m, Israel, Red Sea (Gulf of Eilat), 15 Feb 2008, sandy slope, some corals, all covered with filamentous algae. Length: 3 mm. Photographer: Binyamin and Shulamit Koretz.

thanks and regards
Binyamin

binyamin@koretz.net

Koretz, B., 2008 (Mar 20) Re: Ercolania sp. 5 - from the Red Sea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21454

Dear Binyamin,

It certainly looks like it could be a species of Ercolania but I couldn't really say if it is Ercolania sp. 5. I'll leave the possibility of it feeding on this green filamentous algae to the experts but my guess is that it would be feeding on a smaller algae growing on these filaments.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2008 (Mar 20). Comment on Re: Ercolania sp. 5 - from the Red Sea by Binyamin Koretz. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21454

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