Caught Naked: First Report a Nudibranch Sea Slug Attacked by a Cone Snail

Ángel Valdés; Linda Blanchard; Walter Marti

doi:10.4003/006.031.0213

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Ángel Valdés,^1,* Linda Blanchard,² Walter Marti³

¹1Department of Biological Sciences, California State Polytechnic University, 3801 W Temple Ave, Pomo
²2Ocean Institute, 24200 Dana Point Harbor DriveDana Point, California 92691, U.S.A.
³322695 Via Santa Rosa, Mission Viejo, California 92691, U.S.A.

^*Correspondence, Ángel Valdés: aavaldes@csupomona.edu

Abstract

A Conus californicus Reeve, 1844 is reported killing and attempting to feed on the nudibranch Triopha catalinae (Cooper, 1863). This is the first documented case of a predatory cone killing a nudibranch. The impact of cone attacks on nudibranchs populations is unknown, but this note may lead to further research on this topic. Because conotoxins appear to have an effect on the nudibranch nervous system further research on the interaction between conotoxins and nudibranchs could be a source of important discoveries.

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Ángel Valdés, Linda Blanchard, and Walter Marti "Caught Naked: First Report a Nudibranch Sea Slug Attacked by a Cone Snail," American Malacological Bulletin 31(2), 337-338, (1 August 2013). https://doi.org/10.4003/006.031.0213

Received: 18 December 2012; Accepted: 1 February 2013; Published: 1 August 2013

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