Thanks to Rich Levy and Rob Dickie, the saltwater facility now has two seahorses!These are adult females of the local species of Lined seahorse, or Hippocampus erectus. H. erectus occurs in local waters, and has an overall range from Nova Scotia to Argentina. In nature, seahorses feed on copepods, and right now, Rob is feeding them brine shrimp. He would like to shift them to frozen mysids.
Here's an image of the second seahorse. Note that this female H. erectus has longer 'cirri', the filaments on the upper dorsal area. And it is hanging on to the support using its prehensile tail.Watch this space for more news!
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