Re: Dondice occidentalis from Massachusetts?
March 18, 2010
From: Emily Keen
Concerning message #23258:
Dear Bill,
Thank you for your help. Dr. Pierce also mentioned to me today that this sea slug was not only shipped with Tubularia, but was also eating Tubularia. I do not know if this information will make a difference in your identification of this sea slug.
Thank you,
Emily Keen
emilykeen@mail.usf.edu
Keen, E., 2010 (Mar 18) Re: Dondice occidentalis from Massachusetts?. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/23280Dear Emily,
McDonald & Nybakken's invaluable compilation of feeding records [http://www.theveliger.org/nudibranch_food.html] include as food for Dondice occidentalis a hydroid (Eudendrium sp.) and an unlikely bryozoan (Zoobotryon sp). All this really tells us is what we already know - we don't know much in detail about the food of individual nudibranch species.
I am pretty sure your animal is Dondice occidentalis so I guess we can add Tubularia sp to the feeding list.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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