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David Kirsh wrote:
> Just came back from 3 days on Grand Bahama. When I poked sea hares, they
> squirted purple ink.
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> What is the function of the ink? Is it a noxious substance? Is it to
> camouflage? Is it to startle?
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> Another burning weekend question: I checked all the gorgonians I could, but
> only found one flamingo's tongue, Cyphoma gibbosum. (I put it back, since I
> already have one). I have yet to find a single C. macgintyi or signatum or
> even Simnia acicularis. Are these staying on particular anthozoans or are
> they not very selective? Are there websites that depict some of these
> colonial creatures? Cyphomas are really interesting creatures....they aren't
> necessarily always on the gorgonians....often at the bottom or just wondering
> out and around. We find both gibbosum and signatum in the Abacos.
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> Here's another question: what makes Chicoreus florifer dilectus the
> subspecies of C. florifer and not the other way around? They are SO much
> alike. American Seashells shows them as different....dilectus being from
> Florida and usually smaller and Chicoreus florifer from the Bahamas and much
> larger.
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> David Kirsh
> Durham, NC
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