Nembrotha lineolata - feeding observations
March 28, 2006
From: Brian Francisco
Hi Bill
Here are few shots of Nembrotha lineolata feeding.
Locality: K-41, 13 meters, East Timor, Banda Sea, 25 March 2006, Coral Reef. Length: 4 cm. Photographer: Brian Francisco.
Brian
francisco.brian@mail.com
Francisco, B., 2006 (Mar 28) Nembrotha lineolata - feeding observations. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16176Dear Brian,
Not many days go by on the Forum between exciting new observations. The way your animal extends its oral tube right into the test of the ascidian to eat out the fleshy part of the animal is almost identical to the Atkinson's photos of N. rutilans feeding [message #15797]. Solitary ascidians like this, often know as 'sea squirts', have a outer sac which protects the delicate sieve like basket which filters their food out of the sea water and encloses the rest of the body. It looks like species of Nembrotha feed on solitary ascidians by inserting their extensible oral tube through one of the siphons to get to the fleshier parts of the body.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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