Nembrotha chamberlaini feeding on an ascidian

January 19, 2007
From: Paul Osmond


Hi Bill,

Thought you might enjoy this set of images of Nembrotha chamberlaini feeding on an ascidian Rhopalaea sp. It was taken on a trip to Anilao, The Philippines during August of 2006. I see you have a similar imagealready on the forum of this nudibranch associating with this ascidian.

Locality: Mainit Point, 15 m, Anilao, The Philippines, 13 August 2006, patch coral reef. Length: 2 in. Photographer: Paul T Osmond.

When in Anilao you can find this species on any dive - very common locally. Looking through all my images of the species I have only ever seen this species in this area.

I have also included an older image [bottom photo] where this species is all over a similar species of ascidian as well.

Enjoy,
Paul
Deep Sea Images

marriard@deepseaimages.com

Osmond, P.T., 2007 (Jan 19) Nembrotha chamberlaini feeding on an ascidian. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19221

Dear Paul,

Thanks for these nice observations. I am not an expert on ascidians but I understand that this Rhopalaea does range in colour from transparent to opaque so they could be the same species. The lower photos shows the stalk of the ascidian very clearly.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Jan 19). Comment on Nembrotha chamberlaini feeding on an ascidian by Paul Osmond. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19221

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