Sea Slugs Research in Hong Kong (Talk, Cantonese only)
Time & Location
24 Aug 2024, 15:30 – 17:00
Hong Kong Maritime Museum, Man Kwong St, Central, Hong Kong
About the Event
【Additional Session】
If you missed the last sea slug talk, here is your chance! Due to the overwhelming response, the museum is organising a second section of the same talk.
About the talk:
Before the 1990s, there were different research projects related to sea slug, but since then, sea slug research, in Hong Kong had come to a halt. However, in 2022, Prof. Tsang Ling Ming and Prof. David M. Baker from the University of Hong Kong, along with their research teams, reignited this study through a citizen science project. They gathered data from Hong Kong divers' sea slug observations and reviewed past literature, resulting in an updated checklist of 257 species of sea slugs recorded in Hong Kong, including 71 new records. The finding highlights the rich marine biodiversity in Hong Kong.
From September 2023, Prof. Tsang Ling Ming and his research team took the studies further by conducting…