Dermatobranchus from Port Stephens

July 11, 1999
From: Grey McNeil

Dear Bill,
Could you identify this photo please. The details are:
PIPELINE, NELSON BAY, Port Stephens, NSW, eastern Australia, 8m, September 1997, 1cm long.

Thanks,

Grey McNeil.

GREYMACIND@bigpond.com.au

McNeil, G., 1999 (Jul 11) Dermatobranchus from Port Stephens. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1004

Dear Grey,
This is an unnamed species of Dermatobranchus found quite commonly in Port Stephens. Have a look at the Top of this Page and the other messages on the page. It looks like you have photographed a cluster of animals which are in the process of eating a soft coral colony to destruction.

Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 1999 (Jul 11). Comment on Dermatobranchus from Port Stephens by Grey McNeil. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/1004

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Dermatobranchus sp. 1.

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