Favorinus mirabilis from Moorea
July 8, 2006
From: Seabird McKeon
Dear Bill,
I'm here in Moorea, French Polynesia assisting Dr. Gustav Paulay with his biodiversity surveys of the island. On a recent trip to the rubble beds immediately behind the reef crest, in about 1.5m of water, I found a small nudibranch (aeolid?). We were hoping that you might recognize it.
Locality: Moorea, 1.5m, French Polynesia, Pacific, July 3, 2006, Acropora rubble. Length: 5mm. Photographer: Gustav Paulay.
Cheers,
Seabird McKeon
mckeons@ufl.edu
McKeon, C.S., 2006 (Jul 8) Favorinus mirabilis from Moorea. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/17072Dear Sea,
I am glad to say this is one of your Moorea collection I can put a definite name to. This is Favorinus mirabilis which belongs to an interesting genus of aeolid nudibranchs which feed, not on cnidarians, but the eggs of other sea slugs. Most records on the Forum have it feeding on Hexabranchus eggs but I don't know if feeds only on those or is happy with a wider variety of eggs.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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