Hypselodoris apolegma - feeding record [2]

March 19, 2007
From: Richard Swann


Hi again Bill

These shots were taken around half a kilometer from the one's in the previous message [#19709 ] taken a couple of months later. I feel that the sponge has almost entirely been consumed however I really don't know very much about sponges so I may be way off here. As you can see the slugs seem to be the same colour form as my previous message, again i look forward to hearing your thoughts.

Locality: Mabul island, , 24 meters. eggs at 19 meters, Sabah, Borneo, Celebes Sea, December 2006, Fringing reef slope. Photographer: Richard Swann.

I have also attached another shot of egg laying in this form but if it is of no interest please just disregard it.

Best regards
Richard

richard@downbelow.co.uk

Swann, R., 2007 (Mar 19) Hypselodoris apolegma - feeding record [2]. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19710

Dear Richard,

Thanks for some more valuable information. The sponge is a species of the dysideid, Euryspongia, probably the same species as in your previous message. Many sponges have different growth forms. This looks very like a spnge being eaten by H. bullocki in an earlier message of Gary Cobb's [11160]. The egg ribbon looks very like others reported for this species.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Mar 19). Comment on Hypselodoris apolegma - feeding record [2] by Richard Swann. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/19710

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