Berthella martensi feeding

October 5, 2007
From: Bruce Wilkie

Hi Bill,
I have been sorting through my files looking for feeding records. Here is one I think is Berthella martensi feeding on a sponge. I hope it helps to fill in some gaps.

Locality: Shag Rock, Point Lookout, North Stradbroke Island. , 12mts, Queensland, Australia. , Pacific ocean., 03 June 2007, Rocky reef, hard and soft corals, sponges.. Photographer: Bruce Wilkie.

Many thanks,
Bruce Wilkie.

brucedwilkie@yahoo.com.au

Wilkie, B, 2007 (Oct 5) Berthella martensi feeding. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20889

Dear Bruce,

Thanks very much for searching through your slide collection. I am sure there are lots more hidden 'discoveries' in people's photo collections just waiting to be found. This is a quite unequivocal feeding record. All I have to do now its get the sponge positively identified. The only other information we have on this species feeding is a photo from Bob Bolland [#825] of it feeding on a sponge and Clay Bryce's comment [#821] that he had seen it feeding on a sponge, so this is a very useful record.

Best wishes,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Oct 5). Comment on Berthella martensi feeding by Bruce Wilkie. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/20889

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