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David Kirsh wrote:
> Just to clarify, Constantine: you've found eulimids on other echinoderms but
> not on sea cucumbers? Or do you mean, they readily fall off but are not
> attached to their hosts?
Hi Dave,
I suppose the eulimids fall off the sea cucumber very rapidly and the
Mediterranean species, being very small will not be noticed. I know this because
on occasions I collected the sea cucumber together with a sample of the
substrate and I did find the occasional eulimid. Although I read that eulimids
were found on the host on the nearby Atlantic holothurians, I have never met
with any similar Mediterranean discoveries in the literature. However, I am
still searching.
regards,
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Constantine Mifsud,
4, Shepherds' Street,
Rabat RBT 02,
MALTA.
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