Symposia and workshops on opisthobranchs

Attendees of the 5th International Workshop on Opisthobranchs, in Porto, 2015

Numerous biologists (malacologists) and citizen scientists, including many scuba divers, study the marine mollusks known as opisthobranchs, which are a large and diverse group of shelled and (mostly) shell-less, saltwater gastropods, the common name for which is sea slugs (including nudibranchs, sacoglossans, etc) and bubble snails. Symposia and workshops on opisthobranchs are meetings where those who specialize in studying these animals meet, in order to share ideas, information and knowledge.

History

Meetings of an informal group of opisthobranch scientists have occurred in the past. Numerous examples are listed on the Sea Slug Forum website.[1]

A few are listed here:

Planned workshop

Other meet-ups listed on Sea Slug Forum:[5]

A day to celebrate sea slugs

A concept which has been raised at these meetings is the idea of a calendar day on which to celebrate nudibranchs or sea slugs in general. In 2015, in Southern California, "Sea Slug Day" was October 29th, "the birthday of Terry Gosliner from the San Francisco's California Academy of Sciences"[6] (Gosliner is an expert on nudibranchs). Alternatively, "International Nudibranch Day" was suggested in Australia.[7]

References

  1. Website, Sea Slug Forum, "Conferences and meetings" Rudman, W.B., 2001 (January 21) , accessed 2016-3-6
  2. Website, Sea Slug Forum, "International Workshop on Opisthobranchia - Bonn", by Heike Waegele, April 6, 2006, accessed 2016-3-6
  3. Website, Sea Slug Forum, "3rd International Workshop on Opisthobranchia - Registration" by Jesús Troncoso, January 29, 2010, accessed 2016-3-6
  4. Website University of Bergen, "IVth International Workshop on Opisthobranchs By MANUEL ANTÓNIO E. MALAQUIAS, Date: 11.07.2012, Accessed 2016-3-6
  5. Website, Sea Slug Forum, "Conferences and meetings" Rudman, W.B., 2001 (January 21) , accessed 2016-3-6
  6. Website, last, "It's Sea Slug Day: Here Are 8 Adorable Ones You Can Find in SoCal", by Carmen TSE Oct 29, 2015, 5:45 pm, http://laist.com/2015/10/29/sea_slug_day.php#photo-1], Accessed 2016.3.7
  7. Website, Krug Lab - Larval Ecology and Evolution, "Web resources", , Accessed 2016.3.7

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