Phidiana hiltoni feeding

July 15, 2000
From: Bruce Wight


Dear Bill,

I know you are interested in shots of the feeding behavior, so here is a close-up shot of a Phidiana hiltoni stripping the shaft of colonial hydroids bare.

I have also sent some photos of P. hiltoni fighting.

Take care,
Bruce Wight.

bwproductions@earthlink.net

Wight, B, 2000 (Jul 15) Phidiana hiltoni feeding. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2715

Dear Bruce,
Thanks very much for these beautiful photos. It is good to see photos of animals feeding as it not only gives us clues on their diet but also on how they eat. There is quite a difference between small aeolids like Flabellina poenicia, which carefully bites off one polyp at a time, and P. hiltoni in your photo, devouring a whole stalk at once.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman.

Rudman, W.B., 2000 (Jul 15). Comment on Phidiana hiltoni feeding by Bruce Wight. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/2715

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