Doris montereyensis feeding

March 16, 2006
From: Jan Kocian


Hello Bill.
During recent dives I kept watching a lonely Doris montereyensis working over a small patch of yellow sponges I believe to be Halichondria panicea. I was amazed it did not venture anywhere in the two week period, but sure did a dent in the sponge.

Locality: Jetty, 20 feet, Washington USA, Puget Sound,NE Pacific Ocean, 09 March 2006, rocks. Photographer: Jan Kocian.

 Sorry about the quality of pictures, I am having problem with my strobe.
Jan

honkoc@hotmail.com

Kocian J., 2006 (Mar 16) Doris montereyensis feeding. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16090

Dear Jan,
When you see one of these sponge-feeding dorids making a very obvious meal of a sponge colony you wonder why it so difficult to build up good information on their feeding. Unfortunately their activity is often not so obvious.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2006 (Mar 16). Comment on Doris montereyensis feeding by Jan Kocian. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/16090

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