Nembrotha kubaryana - feeding

September 3, 2003
From: Asther M. Lau


Dear Bill,

During my dive at Labas Is. among its fantastic swimthroughs and boulders, I found these Nembrotha kubaryana (at different spots) eating. It's like a N. kubaryana boom there! And all of them busy eating this weird white thing.

Site: Labas Is., Tioman Malaysia
Date: 10th August 2003
Depth: Between 10 meter (upper pic) to 12 meter (other pics)
Size: Averaging 4.5 cm

Hope these specimens are helpful for your research.
Asther M. Lau

diveworldwide@yahoo.com

Lau, A.M., 2003 (Sep 3) Nembrotha kubaryana - feeding. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10875

Dear Asther,
Nembrotha kubaryana feeds on the pale transparent greenish ascidian (sea squirt) you can see clearly in the lower two photos. It has a thin dark green edge to its inhalent and exhalent siphons which direct the sea water in and out. Although the one n the top photo seems to be eating the pinkish sponge, I guess it is just crawling over it
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (Sep 3). Comment on Nembrotha kubaryana - feeding by Asther M. Lau. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/10875

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