Elysia crispata research
March 11, 2003
From: Dirk Trauner
Dear Dr. Rudman:
I am a natural products chemist at UC Berkeley. We are very interested in bioactive compounds isolated from sacoglossan molluscs. Recently, we published a total synthesis of photodeoxytridachione, a compound found in Tridachia crispata and Plakobranchus ocellatus.
As an inspiration, I'd like to keep some of these fascinating slugs in a tank in my office. Is this possible? What skills does it take to keep them happy ? Where can you get the animals from?
• Miller, A. K.; Trauner, D. Angew. (2003) Total Synthesis of (+)-Photodeoxytridachione Using a Novel Lewis Acid Catalyzed Cyclization. Angewandte Chemie Int. Ed., 42: 549-552.
Best,
Dirk
Department of Chemistry
University of California, Berkeley
http://www.cchem.berkeley.edu/~trngrp/traunerweb/
trauner@cchem.berkeley.edu
Trauner, D. , 2003 (Mar 11) Elysia crispata research. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/9342Dear Dirk,
Just to clarify names, we now consider Tridachia crispata to be in the genus Elysia, so its current name is Elysia crispata. Sorry our names are not as constant and unchanging as the Periodic Table, but scientific names also reflect an animal's evolutionary relationships, so when we have new insights on relationships, names sometimes have to change. Concerning the whereabouts of live specimens - California is a hotbed of opisthobranch fanatics so if you're lucky one may get in touch with you. It may be possible to get some specimens of Elysia diomedea, which is the east Pacific 'cousin' of the Caribbean Elysia crispata. Failing that, have a look at my reply to an identical earlier inquiry. If you scroll down the page below your message you will see the earlier messages about this animal. You will see there that they are not that difficult to keep and breed in aquaria.
Good Luck,
Bill Rudman
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