Template:Did you know nominations/Zoobotryon verticillatum

Zoobotryon verticillatum, Okenia zoobotryon

 * ... that the nudibranch Okenia zoobotryon feeding on the bryozoan Zoobotryon verticillatum contains the same anti-predator chemicals as its host?
 * Reviewed: The Civil Affairs Staging Area
 * Comment: Also reviewed Template:Did you know nominations/Sugar Todd

Created by Cwmhiraeth (talk). Self nominated at 06:25, 17 January 2014 (UTC).


 * Symbol question.svg Reviewed against the criteria:
 * Okenia zoobotryon - nominated within 2 days of creation, contains "2371 characters (387 words) of readable prose size"
 * Zoobotryon verticillatum - nominated within 3 days of creation, contains "3909 characters (632 words) of readable prose size"
 * Both articles appear to be neutral, free of copyvio or paraphrasing and contain at least one inline ctation per paragraph
 * → I will assume good faith on the single offline source in Zoobotryon verticillatum
 * The hook is formatted properly, is interesting and neutral, with 135 charcters, and appears in both articles with the same source cited immediately after the relevant sentences, but there is a slight difference in the wording which I have emphasised below together with two alternatives:
 * the Okenia zoobotryon article says "... and it is likely that these have similar anti-predatory functions in the sea slug".
 * the Zoobotryon verticillatum article says "...and whose tissues then contain many of the same anti-predator chemicals".
 * The source for the hook is a reliable one but it suggests that the metabolites might be the same in the two species. Therefore I would suggest changing the wording in the Zoobotryon verticillatum article.
 * ALT1 ... that the nudibranch Okenia zoobotryon and its prey, the bryozoan Zoobotryon verticillatum, may both contain the same anti-predator chemicals?
 * ALT2 ... that the nudibranch Okenia zoobotryon may contain the same anti-predator chemicals as its prey, the bryozoan Zoobotryon verticillatum?
 * Two QPQ reviews done by nominator
 * Overall two well written articles needing just a slight rewording in one article, and choosing between three possible hooks. I would prefer ALT2 because it is shorter and snappier. Green Giant (talk) 01:09, 7 February 2014 (UTC)
 * I have altered the Zoobotryon article along the lines you suggest and am happy with ALT2.Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:01, 7 February 2014 (UTC)