Glossodoris sp. 14 from Indonesia

May 16, 2007
From: Teresa Zuberbühler


Dear Bill

Here are 3 photos of Glossodoris sp.14. All photos were taken at places exposed to a lot of current.

The photo taken in 2005 [05_4843 ] in the Komodo Islands shows a minuscule slug, only about 1.5 cm long, which was crawling on a sponge. I am not sure, but I think it was eating some of the sponge.

The slug on the photo of 2004 (Nusa Penida, Bali) [04_4402 ] wasn't much larger but had a much clearer white color and more slender body. This one was found on a area with small corals and algae in a channel between islands where there is always a lot of current.

The largest of the three was the slug I found in 2003 (Nusa Penida), [03_0307 ] also on a brown sponge.

Locality: Komodo and Bali, 15-20m, Indonesia, 12. August 2003;  9. August 2004;  27 July 2005, Coral reef exposed to a lot of current. Length: smallest ca. 1.5 cm, largest ca. 2.5 cm. Photographer: Teresa (Zubi) Zuberbühler.

Teresa (Zubi) Zuberbühler
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Zuberbühler, T., 2007 (May 16) Glossodoris sp. 14 from Indonesia. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19056

Dear Zubi,
Thanks for these photos which all show a pinkish tinge on either side of the black mantle border, which is an interesting addition to our knowledge of thsi species. Your 2005 photo [upper one] is quite interesting as it is the only one of the three in which the animal seems to be feeding. The sponge it is on is a thorectid, Candidaspongia flabellata, one of the few white sponges known. It can also be seen with this sponge in Erwin Koehler's earlier message [#9600 ].

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (May 16). Comment on Glossodoris sp. 14 from Indonesia by Teresa Zuberbühler. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19056

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