Re: NIH-Aplysia Resource Facility

December 6, 1998
From: Tom Capo

Dear Dr. Rudman,
Thanks for pointing out oversight. We're working mainly with Aplysia californica for research purposes. We have cultured Bursatella sp. and Aplysia brasiliana but not on a continuous basis. Anything else, I'm here.
Best regards,

Tom Capo
University of Miami Experimental Hatchery
RSMAS, MBF
4600 Rickenbacker Cswy.
Miami, Florida   USA, 33149
Phone (305)361-4946
Fax:    (305) 361-4934

Aplysia Website: http://www.rsmas.miami.edu/groups/sea-hares/ .

tcapo@rsmas.miami.edu

Capo, T., 1998 (Dec 6) Re: NIH-Aplysia Resource Facility. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/361

Dear Tom,

Thanks for the quick response.

I'm interested to see you've done some breeding of Bursatella. You may have see the Forum correspondence in the last couple of days with Doug Pearson concerning the possible affect large populations of Bursatella leachii could be having in his prawn ponds. He wonders whether the Bursatella larvae could be eating more than their fair share of the phytoplankton blooms he tries to maintain in his ponds. If you have any opinions, or information on larval Bursatella, I would be glad to post them on the Forum.

One quite unrelated question concerns growing Aplysia californica so far from home. Do you have measures in place to prevent Aplysia californica escaping into the environment and becoming a possible pest? In Australia we have many marine pests which have been introduced inadvertently, and as you can see from the messages in the Forum, at least three species of the carnivorous bubble shell Philine have been introduced into California in recent years.

Look forward to hearing from you,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 1998 (Dec 6). Comment on Re: NIH-Aplysia Resource Facility by Tom Capo. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/361

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