Food of Hypselodoris sp. 4

October 6, 2001
From: Anne DuPont

Note added 31 May 2010: This species has recently been named H. juliae.

Dear Bill,
I asked Professor Joe Pawlik, who amongst other things is resarching the chemical defenses of sponges at University of N. carolina, Wilmington, if he could identify the sponge we found Hyspselodoris sp. 4 on.

He has replied saying:
"It's most likely Dysidea etheria [which] seems to be the primary food of Hypselodoris zebra in Bermuda and throughout the Caribbean."
Joe Pawlik
pawlikj@uncwil.edu
http://www.uncwil.edu/people/pawlikj/index.html


Anne.

akdupont@bellsouth.net

Anne DuPont, 2001 (Oct 6) Food of Hypselodoris sp. 4. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5411

Dear Anne,
Thanks for following up the identification. Species of Dysidea are one of the favourite foods of chromodorids so it is not surprising that more than one species in the Caribbean is feeding on Dysidea etheria.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2001 (Oct 6). Comment on Food of Hypselodoris sp. 4 by Anne DuPont. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/5411

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