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Meetings of an informal group of opisthobranch scientists have occurred in the past. Numerous examples are listed on the Sea Slug Forum website.
A few are listed here:
* 1st International Workshop of Opisthobranchs, Menfi, Italy, 1999.
* 2nd International Workshop on Opisthobranchia, Bonn, Germany, 2006.
* 3rd International Workshop on Opisthobranchs, Vigo, Spain, 2010.
* 4th International Workshop on Opisthobranchs, Santa Cruz, USA, 24–27 June 2012
* 5th International Workshop on Opisthobranchs, Porto, Portugal, 2015
''Planned workshop''
* 6th International Workshop on Heterobranchs, Perth, Australia, 2018
Other meet-ups listed on Sea Slug Forum:
* 1st opisthobranch course in Venezuela, 2006
* Molluscan Forum, London, 2006
* Malacological conference in Ukraine, 2006
* Opisthobranch Symposium, Seattle, USA, 2006
* World Congress of Malacology, Perth, 2003
* Western Society of Malacologists Annual Meeting, 2003
* Announcing a course on Mollusca, 2002
* World Congress of Malacology, Perth, 2004
* WSM Opisthobranch Talks, July 2002
* Opisthobranch Symposium at WSM, June 2001
Accessed 2016.3.7
The Sea Slug Forum
International
Nudibranchs of the Sunshine Coast
Queensland, Australia
The Slug Site
Academic conferences Science conferences
Numerous biologists (malacologist
Malacology is the branch of invertebrate zoology that deals with the study of the Mollusca (mollusks or molluscs), the second-largest phylum of animals in terms of described species after the arthropods. Mollusks include snails and slugs, clams, ...
s) and citizen scientists, including many scuba divers, study the marine mollusk
Mollusca is the second-largest phylum of invertebrate animals after the Arthropoda, the members of which are known as molluscs or mollusks (). Around 85,000 extant species of molluscs are recognized. The number of fossil species is e ...
s 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 slug
Sea slug is a common name for some marine invertebrates with varying levels of resemblance to terrestrial slugs. Most creatures known as sea slugs are gastropods, i.e. they are sea snails (marine gastropod mollusks) that over evolutionary time ...
s (including nudibranch
Nudibranchs () are a group of soft-bodied marine gastropod molluscs which shed their shells after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colours and striking forms, and they have been given colourful nicknames to match, ...
s, sacoglossa
Sacoglossa, commonly known as the sacoglossans or the "solar-powered sea slugs", are a superorder of small sea slugs and sea snails, marine gastropod mollusks that belong to the clade Heterobranchia. Sacoglossans live by ingesting the cellular co ...
ns, 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.
A few are listed here:
* 1st International Workshop of Opisthobranchs, Menfi, Italy, 1999.
* 2nd International Workshop on Opisthobranchia, Bonn, Germany, 2006.
* 3rd International Workshop on Opisthobranchs, Vigo, Spain, 2010.
* 4th International Workshop on Opisthobranchs, Santa Cruz, USA, 24–27 June 2012
* 5th International Workshop on Opisthobranchs, Porto, Portugal, 2015
''Planned workshop''
* 6th International Workshop on Heterobranchs, Perth, Australia, 2018
Other meet-ups listed on Sea Slug Forum:
* 1st opisthobranch course in Venezuela, 2006
* Molluscan Forum, London, 2006
* Malacological conference in Ukraine, 2006
* Opisthobranch Symposium, Seattle, USA, 2006
* World Congress of Malacology, Perth, 2003
* Western Society of Malacologists Annual Meeting, 2003
* Announcing a course on Mollusca, 2002
* World Congress of Malacology, Perth, 2004
* WSM Opisthobranch Talks, July 2002
* Opisthobranch Symposium at WSM, June 2001
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 celebratenudibranch
Nudibranchs () are a group of soft-bodied marine gastropod molluscs which shed their shells after their larval stage. They are noted for their often extraordinary colours and striking forms, and they have been given colourful nicknames to match, ...
s or sea slugs in general. In 2015, in Southern California, "Sea Slug Day" was October 29, "the birthday of Terry Gosliner from the San Francisco's California Academy of Sciences
The California Academy of Sciences is a research institute and natural history museum in San Francisco, California, that is among the largest museums of natural history in the world, housing over 46 million specimens. The Academy began in 1853 ...
" (Gosliner is an expert on nudibranchs). Alternatively, "International Nudibranch Day" was suggested in Australia.Website, Krug Lab - Larval Ecology and Evolution, "Web resources"Accessed 2016.3.7
References
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The Sea Slug Forum
International
Nudibranchs of the Sunshine Coast
Queensland, Australia
The Slug Site
Academic conferences Science conferences