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We would be interested in posting other opisthobranch resources on the Net and hope to compile an E-mail address list of interested Brancher's.
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Pacific Coast Nudibranchs
Send Dave mail at dave@seachallengers.com
Specimens are needed! Almost every branch field
guide that has come out over the past several years has included a number of
species that are yet undescribed. The authors of those books would be very
interested in obtaining material (live or preserved specimens, photographs,
data, etc.) to be used in the eventual description of these species. In most
cases the biggest drawback to describing a new species is getting enough
specimens to do the necessary dissections to base the description on. Pacific
Coast Nudibranchs for example, contains over 20 species that are right under
the divers nose, but that California taxonomists haven't enough material to
work with. Between Dave Behrens' first and second editions, six were described.
Two more new names have come out since then. There's many more to go. The
Web Master would be happy to notify appropriate workers of your findings.
HOPE TO HEAR FROM YOU!!
David W. Behrens
Co-Author Coral Reef Animals of the Indo Pacific
Propriator of Sea Challengers Natural History Books
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