Sponge of Chromodoris cf regalis

December 6, 2007
From: Jazmin Ortigosa

Concerning message #20924:

Dear Bill,
I send you a photo of the sponge where I have found the Chromodoris cf regalis. All the specimens I have were collected in sponges like this one.

Locality: Reef, 18 m, Yucatan, Mexico, Gulf of Mexico, Octuber, 2007. Length: 14 cm. Photographer: Quetzalli Hernandez.

Best wishes,
Jazmin Ortigosa

jazmindeneb@hotmail.com

Ortigosa, J., 2007 (Dec 6) Sponge of Chromodoris cf regalis. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21230

Dear Jazmin,

Thanks very much for going to the trouble of finding a photo. The sponge doesn't look like it belongs to any of the families which chromodorids normally feed on. I think we will need to get a photo of the nudibranch on the sponge. It's probably too much to hope you will actually be able to photograph it actually feeding, but a photo of one or more chromodorids on this sponge would be an excellent confirmation that the slug finds the sponge 'attractive'.

Good Luck,
Bill Rudman

Rudman, W.B., 2007 (Dec 6). Comment on Sponge of Chromodoris cf regalis by Jazmin Ortigosa. [Message in] Sea Slug Forum. Australian Museum, Sydney. Available from http://www.seaslugforum.net/find/21230

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