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Club Arnage => So You Think You Know About Le Mans => Topic started by: Nordic on September 22, 2003, 11:52:20 am

Title: Sea Slug
Post by: Nordic on September 22, 2003, 11:52:20 am

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Title: Re:Sea Slug
Post by: BigH on September 22, 2003, 12:03:50 pm

Well, it's a guess Nordic....

The other Esprit was driven, I think by Ferdinand de Lesseps, whose Great Grandaddy built the Suez Canal.

Now that had to be a big day if you were a sea slug in the Red Sea.

H

Title: Re:Sea Slug
Post by: Nordic on September 22, 2003, 12:07:32 pm

Bloody hell that was quick, ;D

Your right.
The migration of sea slugs is called Lessepsian, due to the creation of a canel linking two seas.

Title: Re:Sea Slug
Post by: hgb on September 22, 2003, 12:11:53 pm

Five minutes of googling around does the job...  ;D


"Lessepsian Migration

The term lessepsian, is derived from Ferdinand De Lesseps who designed and led the team that built the Suez Canal, thus linking the Red Sea with the Mediterranean. Lessepsian migration refers to species which have entered the Mediterranean, from the Red Sea, through the Suez Canal. Some of these introductions seem to be permanent, some short-lived.

For those of you interested in exotic introductions to the Mediterranean, there is a website CIESM Atlas of Exotic Species in the Mediterranean Sea which has a list of introduced molluscs, including quite a few opisthobranchs. There is a comprehensive page on each species, but unfortunately no photos."

(http://www.racingsportscars.com/photo/1993/TN_Le_Mans-1993-06-20-044.jpg)
Driven by: Richard Piper (GB)/Ferdinand de Lesseps (F)/Olindo Iacobelli (USA)

Title: Re:Sea Slug
Post by: hgb on September 22, 2003, 12:13:33 pm

Ok, ok, a bit more than five minutes but still too late. Good job, H.  ;D

Title: Re:Sea Slug
Post by: gibberish on September 22, 2003, 01:05:28 pm

Quote from: hgb on September 22, 2003, 12:11:53 pm

Five minutes of googling around does the job...  ;D



For those of you interested in exotic introductions to the Mediterranean, there is a website CIESM Atlas of Exotic Species in the Mediterranean Sea which has a list of introduced molluscs, including quite a few opisthobranchs. There is a comprehensive page on each species, but unfortunately no photos."

Oh Lord NOoooooooooooo :'(  Please, not a change of thread to molluscs etc

Title: Re:Sea Slug
Post by: hgb on September 23, 2003, 09:34:48 am

Sorry for the slight off topic here. What a shame there are no photos. Oh Christ, I would have loved to see some of those little buggers.  ;D

Title: Re:Sea Slug
Post by: Steve Pyro on September 23, 2003, 10:16:34 am

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Title: Re:Sea Slug
Post by: Steve Pyro on September 23, 2003, 10:17:41 am

Also, for all you budding marine biologists, see here :

http://www.seaslugforum.net/

Title: Re:Sea Slug
Post by: hgb on September 23, 2003, 10:54:52 am

What a beauty ;D. Cheers Steve, you made my day.

Title: Re:Sea Slug
Post by: Steve Pyro on September 23, 2003, 11:55:16 am

Happy to oblige.  As a scuba diver, I find these things quite interesting.  
Mind you, they're not very tasty though, having tried some in Japan.  :-X