Chromodoris splendida feeding

December 22, 2003
From: David & Leanne Atkinson


Dear Bill,
Is this Chromodoris splendida feeding? There wasn't a record of it eating this Black/Charcoal coloured sponge on the forum. The mouth parts definitely seemed everted. We found it at the weekend details as follows:

Date: 14 December 2003
Locality: Fly Point Marine Reserve, Port Stephens, NSW, Australia
Depth: 8m Water Temperature: 19degrees c.
Tide: 12:30pm 1.6m
Thanks for your help.
Merry Christmas,
Leanne & David Atkinson

atk@hunterlink.net.au

Atkinson, D. & L., 2003 (Dec 22) Chromodoris splendida feeding. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/11709

Dear David & Leanne,
Thanks for this record. It is indeed a new feeding record for the species. I have a sponge expert visiting in January and one of our aims is to identify as many of the sponges on the Forum as we can so rather than confusing the issue by giving you a tentative name now, I'll wait until I have a confident identification
Best wishes
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2003 (Dec 22). Comment on Chromodoris splendida feeding by David & Leanne Atkinson. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/11709

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