Tritoniopsis frydis from West Indies
June 22, 2007
From: Jim Chambers
G'Day, Bill.
While diving on Little Cayman, British West Indies (Caribbean Sea) in May 2007, I saw a Tritoniopsis frydis on a gorgonian at the dive site Mixing Bowl at a depth of about 12 meters. At the time I saw it, it was just moving off a mass of eggs, which I assume were just laid. A few days later I saw another one (lower photo ) on the same gorgonian, but the eggs were gone, presumably hatched.
Cheers,
Jim Chambers
Georgia, USA
jimbo1946@mindspring.com
Chambers, J., 2007 (Jun 22) Tritoniopsis frydis from West Indies. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20035
Thanks Jim,
It's interesting to get some more photos of this Caribbean equivalent to the Indo-West Pacific species T. elegans. One major differnce though is that your species feeds on gorgonians while the Indo-West Pacific species feeds on leathery soft corals such as Lobophyton.
Best wishes,
Bill Rudman
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