Food of Nembrotha mullineri
June 19, 2002
From: Anne Owen
Bill,
Thanks for the ID. I don't have another picture of the slug on the ascidian, but here is a separate photo of the kind of thing it was feeding on. Hope this helps.
Best regards,
Anne Owen
AnneOwen2000@aol.com
Owen, A., 2002 (Jun 19) Food of Nembrotha mullineri. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/7274Dear Anne,
This photo certainly does help. Now I can see the ascidian in your earlier photo. It should be possible to identify this stalked colony. It has similarities to one identified by Gosliner, Behrens & Williams (1996: Fig 1068) as Oxycorynia fascicularis Drasche, 1882 and report that it is the food of Nembrotha lineolata and N. chamberlaini. As far as I can determine this is the first information we have on the food of N. mullineri.
• Gosliner, T.M., Behrens, D.W. & Williams, G.C. (1996) Coral Reef Animals of the Indo-Pacific. 314pp. Monterey, California: Sea Challengers.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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